Civilian gunshot injuries of the spinal cord: A systematic review of the current literature spine

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3945-3955

  Sidhu, Gursukhman S ^a   Ghag, Arvindera ^b   Prokuski, Vanessa ^c   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Radcliff, Kristen E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BLUNT TRAUMA; BULLET; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890430551     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2901-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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