The clinical presentation of pediatric thoracolumbar fractures: A prospective study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1066-1071

  Junkins Jr , Edward P ^a   Stotts, Alan ^a   Santiago, Rafael ^b   Guenther, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Afterhours Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Pediatric; Spine fracture; Thoracolumbar injury; Trauma; Vertebral injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67650601407     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818837f1     Document Type: Article

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