A comparison of flexion and extension radiographs with computed tomography of the cervical spine in blunt trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 855-857

  Goodnight, Travis J ^a   Helmer, Stephen D ^a   Dort, Jonathan M ^a,b   Nold, R Joseph ^a,b   Smith, R Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Division of Trauma   (United States)

^c CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 66449130370     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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