Prevention, identification, and treatment of perioperative spinal cord injury

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Ahn, Henry ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complication; Review; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63849123209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC.2008.25.11.E15     Document Type: Article

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