A review of surgical intervention in the setting of traumatic central cord syndrome

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 874-880

  Stevens, E Andrew ^a   Marsh, Robert ^b   Wilson, John A ^b   Sweasey, Thomas A ^b   Branch Jr , Charles L ^b   Powers, Alexander K ^b  

^a Harbin Clinic   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Central cord syndrome; Cervical spine; Incomplete spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DUODENAL ULCER BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANKEL NEUROLOGIC PERFORMANCE SCALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; INJURY SCALE; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957233320     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.07.388     Document Type: Article

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