Traumatic cervical discoligamentous injuries: Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging and operative findings

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2754-2759

  Malham, Gregory M ^a,b   Ackland, Helen M ^a,b   Varma, Dinesh K ^a,b   Williamson, Owen D ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical operative stabilization; Cervical spine injury; Discoligamentous injury; MRI; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249109320     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b6170b     Document Type: Article

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