Functional outcome after incomplete spinal cord injuries due to blunt injury

During a 3-year period, 19 patients with incomplete spinal cord injuries caused by blunt trauma were admitted to a single rural referral centre. The mean age was 50 years. Injury mechanisms included falls in eight, road traffic accidents in five, diving mishaps in two, and miscellaneous in four. The...

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Published in:	Injury Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 17 - 20
Main Authors:	Merry, W.H., Cogbill, T.H., Annis, B.L., Lambert, P.J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1996 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Dexamethasone - administration & dosage Dexamethasone - therapeutic use Female Glucocorticoids - administration & dosage Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use Hospital Mortality Humans Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine Length of Stay Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Spinal Cord Injuries - etiology Spinal Cord Injuries - physiopathology Spinal Cord Injuries - surgery Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications Wounds, Nonpenetrating - physiopathology Human Corticosteroid Nervous system diseases Spinal cord Prognosis Antiinflammatory agent Methylprednisolone Trauma Functional capacity Chemotherapy Treatment Central nervous system disease Complication Neurological disorder Spinal cord disease High dose
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