Neurologic improvement after thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbar spinal cord (conus medullaris) injuries

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Harrop, James S ^a   Naroji, Swetha ^a   Maltenfort, Mitchell Gil ^a   Ratliff, John K ^a   Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula I ^a   Frank, Brian ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^a   Albert, Todd ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

nerve root escape; neurologic recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONUS MEDULLARIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHILADELPHIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751529393     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181fd6b36     Document Type: Article

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