Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine sustained by soldiers in vehicles attacked by improvised explosive devices

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2400-2405

  Ragel, Brian T ^a   Allred, C Dain ^a   Brevard, Sid ^b   Davis, Richard T ^c   Frank, Edmund H ^d  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Mike o'Callaghan Federal Hospital   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chance fracture; improvised explosive device; military; thoracolumbar flexion distraction fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; SOLDIER; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; ABDOMINAL INJURY; AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERTEBRA; WAR;

EXPLOSIVE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SPINAL FRACTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WAR;

EID: 75549091395     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b7e585     Document Type: Article

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