Spinal injuries in pedestrians struck by motor vehicles

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-287

  Vives, Michael J ^a   Kishan, Shyam ^a   Asghar, Jahangir ^a   Peng, Bo ^a   Reiter, Mitchellh F ^a   Milo, Steven ^a   Livingston, David ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fractures; Computed tomography screening; Pedestrian motor vehicle collisions; Sacral fractures; Spinal injuries; Thoracolumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FIBULA; HEAD INJURY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICS; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC INJURIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48949100185     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181370703     Document Type: Article

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