Implications of Isolated Transverse Process Fractures: Is Spine Service Consultation Necessary?

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 285-291

  Boulter, Jason H ^a   Lovasik, Brendan P ^a   Baum, Griffin R ^a   Frerich, Jason M ^a   Allen, Jason W ^b   Grossberg, Jonathan A ^a   Pradilla, Gustavo ^a   Ahmad, Faiz U ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Quality improvement; Spinal fracture; Spine trauma; Transverse process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRACE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATED TRANSVERSE PROCESS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; TRANSVERSE PROCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84992702553     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.08.027     Document Type: Article

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