Spinal injuries: Experience of a local neurosurgical centre

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-371

  Masood, Zubia ^a,c   Wardug, Ghulam Mustafa ^b   Ashraf, Junaid ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Management; Pattern; Rehabilitation; Spinal injury; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG BONE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORACIC SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 46749156736     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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