Survival of atlanto-occipital dissociation correlates with atlanto-occipital distraction, injury severity score, and neurologic status

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 393-395

  Chaput, Christopher D ^a   Torres, Erick ^b   Davis, Matthew ^a   Song, Juhee ^a   Rahm, Mark ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanto occipital dissociation; Injury Severity Score; Neurologic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL DISSOCIATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80051781969     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181eb6a31     Document Type: Article

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