Traumatic spine injuries in the geriatric population

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Jabbour, Pascal ^a   Fehlings, Michael ^b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Harrop, James S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central cord syndrome; Elderly population; Extension distraction injury; Geriatrics; Odontoid fracture; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; POPULATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

AGED; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; POPULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 66549117643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC.2008.25.11.E16     Document Type: Article

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