The prevalence of cervical spine injury, head injury, or both with isolated and multiple craniomaxillofacial fractures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1647-1651

  Mulligan, Ryan P ^a   Mahabir, Raman C ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; FACIAL BONE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FACIAL BONES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 78650172556     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ef90e4     Document Type: Article

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