Clinical complications in patients with severe cervical spinal trauma: a ten-year prospective study

OBJECTIVE: To determine the complications due to severe acrescentar sigla após o nome (CST). METHODS: Between 1997 and 2006, 217 patients (191 men and 26 women) were prospectively evaluated. The mean age was 36.75±1.06 years. RESULTS: Forty-five percent of the patients had medical complications. The...

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Main Authors: Egmond Alves Silva Santos, Wenner Jorzino Santos Filho, Lucas Loss Possatti, Lia Rita Azeredo Bittencourt, Emílio Afonso França Fontoura, Ricardo Vieira Botelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2012-07-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000700010&lng=en&tlng=en