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Trauma of the Spine and Spinal Cord

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Spinal cord injuries are devastating for patients and families in austere environments, making preservation of function imperative by timely diagnosis and treatment.

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, Emory University, 59 Executive Park South, Suite 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA

    Dheera Ananthakrishnan MD, MSE

  2. Department of Orthopedics, Southern Philippines Medical Center, Davao Medical School Foundation Hospital, Davao City, 8000, Philippines

    Gilbert E. Cauilan MD, FPOA

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  1. Dheera Ananthakrishnan MD, MSE
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Correspondence to Dheera Ananthakrishnan MD, MSE .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Ananthakrishnan, D., Cauilan, G.E. (2014). Trauma of the Spine and Spinal Cord. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_25

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