Risk factors for vertebral artery injuries in cervical spine trauma
Blunt cerebrovascular injuries (<em>i.e.</em> involvement of carotid and vertebral arteries) are increasingly being recognized in setting of cervical spine trauma/fractures and are associated with high incidence of stroke/morbidity and mortality. The incidence of vertebral artery injurie...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Medical Publishing
2014-10-01
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Series: | Orthopedic Reviews |
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Online Access: | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/or/article/view/5429 |