Unstable cervical spine fracture after penetrating neck injury: A rare entity in an analysis of 1,069 patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 870-872

  Lustenberger, Thomas ^a   Talving, Peep ^a,b   Lam, Lydia ^a   Kobayashi, Leslie ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Plurad, David ^a   Branco, Bernardino C ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

C spine fracture; Cervical immobilization; Cervical spine fracture; Cervical spine injury; Neck injury; Penetrating; Risk factors; Stable; Unstable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN DEATH; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLAVICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FEMALE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL BASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; STAB WOUND; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VEIN INJURY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; NECK INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 79955003035     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e7576e     Document Type: Article

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