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Acute Spinal Trauma

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Diseases of the Brain, Head & Neck, Spine

Abstract

Injuries to the spinal column and the spinal cord are a major cause of disability, affecting predominately (60%) affecting young healthy males between 15 and 35 years of age. This prevalence has important socioeconomic consequences and the costs of lifetime care and rehabilitation are extremely high.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Pia C. Sundgren

  2. Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Adam E. Flanders

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  1. Hospital Balgrist, Radiology, Orthopedic University, Zurich, Switzerland

    J. Hodler

  2. Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    G. K. Von Schulthess

  3. Kilchberg/Zurich, Switzerland

    Ch. L. Zollikofer

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Sundgren, P.C., Flanders, A.E. (2008). Acute Spinal Trauma. In: Hodler, J., Von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head & Neck, Spine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0840-3_29

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