Tracheostomy after anterior cervical spine fixation

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 855-860

  O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Goldman, Robert K ^a,b   Mayberry, John C ^b   Rehm, Christina G ^c   Hart, Robert A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Trauma and Critical Care Nursing   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA); Anterior; Cervical spine; Fixation; Spinal cord injury; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 7244244209     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000083006.48501.B2     Document Type: Review

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