Assessment of the posterior ligamentous complex following acute cervical spine trauma

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 583-589

  Rihn, Jeffrey A ^a   Fisher, Charles ^b   Harrop, James ^a   Morrison, William ^a   Yang, Nuo ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CERVICAL SPINE; INJURY; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950882387     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01596     Document Type: Article

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