Can surgery improve neurological function in penetrating spinal injury? A review of the military and civilian literature and treatment recommendations for military neurosurgeons

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Klimo, Paul ^a   Ragel, Brian T ^b   Rosner, Michael ^c   Gluf, Wayne ^d   McCafferty, Randall ^e  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Decompression; Laminectomy; Military; Outcome; Penetrating spinal injury; Spinal gunshot wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLAST INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REVIEW; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBMED; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 77956166492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.2.FOCUS1036     Document Type: Article

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