The timing of surgical decompression for spinal cord injury

F1000 Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cadotte, David W ^a   Singh, Anoushka ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649338216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17575931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/M2-67     Document Type: Review

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