Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine (Mechanical Engineering)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: September 26, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9780824707132
Subjects: Orthopaedics & fractures; Orthopedics; Fractures; Neurosurgery; Medical / Nursing; Surgery - Neurosurgery; Medical; Wounds and injuries; Spinal cord; Medical / Orthopedics; Lumbar vertebrae; Cervical vertebrae
First sentence: The incidence of spinal cord injury (SCI) has been estimated to be between 30 and 40 cases per million per year, or about 10,000 new cases annually (1).