Evaluation of spinal missile injuries with respect to bullet trajectory, surgical indications and timing of surgical intervention: A new guideline

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Duz, Bulent ^a,b   Cansever, Tufan ^a   Secer, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Kahraman, Serdar ^a   Daneyemez, Mehmet Kadri ^a   Gonul, Engin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bullet trajectory; Gunshot; Infection; Missile injury; Spinal; Surgical timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLET; COMPRESSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL; INJURY SCALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 55449092426     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818579a7     Document Type: Article

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