Isolated Transverse Process Fractures: A Systematic Analysis

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue , 2017, Pages 336-341

  Nagasawa, Daniel T ^a   Bui, Timothy T ^a   Lagman, Carlito ^a   Lee, Seung J ^a   Chung, Lawrance K ^a   Niu, Tianyi ^a   Tucker, Alexander ^a   Gaonkar, Bilwaj ^a   Yang, Isaac ^a   Macyszyn, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Review; Spine trauma; Transverse process fractures

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGE; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRACE; CERVICAL COLLAR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORSET; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATED TRANSVERSE PROCESS FRACTURE; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOTICS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SEX; SPINE FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSVERSE PROCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; INJURIES; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 85012049344     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.01.032     Document Type: Review

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