Current Concepts in Pediatric Cervical Spine Trauma
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Current Concepts in Pediatric Cervical Spine Trauma
BACKGROUND Pediatric spinal trauma is rare and challenging entity. Although cervical spine is commonly affected, it is often missed on routine imaging investigations. Therefore better understanding of growing spine and its patho-physiology is crucial. METHODS Articles related to pediatric cervical trauma were searched on Pubmed and other online research data banks. We have summarized unique a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Orthopaedics Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1874-3250
DOI: 10.2174/1874325001711010346