Early predictors of health-related quality of life outcomes in polytrauma patients with spine injuries: a level 1 trauma center study.

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Published in Global Spine J on November 06, 2013

Authors

J W Tee1, C H P Chan2, R L Gruen3, M C B Fitzgerald4, S M Liew5, P A Cameron6, J V Rosenfeld7

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia ; Trauma Service, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
2: Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
3: Trauma Service, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia ; National Trauma Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
4: Trauma Service, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Emergency Medicine, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
5: Department of Orthopaedics, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
6: Department of Emergency Medicine, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia ; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
7: Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia ; National Trauma Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

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