The development and evaluation of the subaxial injury classification scoring system for cervical spine trauma

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 723-731

  Whang, Peter G ^a   Patel, Alpesh A ^b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INSTABILITY; SUBAXIAL INJURY CLASSIFICATION; ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLASSIFICATION; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PATHOLOGY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79953009547     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1576-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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