Treatment of subaxial cervical spinal injuries

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 187-194

  Gelb, Daniel E ^a   Aarabi, Bizhan ^b   Dhall, Sanjay S ^c   John Hurlbert, R ^d   Rozzelle, Curtis J ^e   Ryken, Timothy C ^f   Theodore, Nicholas ^g   Walters, Beverly C ^h   Hadley, Mark N ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e Division of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Anterior and posterior stabilization and fusion procedures; Subaxial cervical fractures

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRACTION THERAPY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 84874391579     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276f637     Document Type: Article

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