A nationwide review of the associations among cervical spine injuries, head injuries, and facial fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 587-592

  Mulligan, Ryan Patrick ^a   Friedman, Jonathan A ^a   Mahabir, Raman Chaos ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

C spine injury; Facial fracture; Head injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACIAL BONES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 77949467456     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b16bc5     Document Type: Article

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