The impact of facet dislocation on clinical outcomes after cervical spinal cord injury: Results of a multicenter North American prospective cohort study

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-103

  Wilson, Jefferson R ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander ^b   Harrop, James S ^b   Aarabi, Bizhan ^c   Shaffrey, Christopher ^d   Dvorak, Marcel ^e   Fisher, Charles ^e   Arnold, Paul ^f   Massicotte, Eric M ^a   Lewis, Stephen ^a   Rampersaud, Raja ^a   Okonkwo, David O ^g   Fehlings, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort study; facet dislocation; functional outcome; neurological outcome; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY; FACET DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN REDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84872925143     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31826e2b91     Document Type: Article

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