The thoracolumbar injury severity score: A proposed treatment algorithm

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-215

  Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,l   Zeiller, Steven C ^a   Hulbert, R John ^c   Anderson, Paul A ^d   Harris, Mitchel ^e   Hedlund, Rune ^f   Harrop, James ^a   Dvorak, Marcel ^g   Wood, Kirkham ^h   Fehlings, Michael G ⁱ   Fisher, Charles ^g   Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^b   Anderson, Greg ^a   Bono, Christopher M ^j   Kuklo, Timothy ^b   Oner F C ^k  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^l ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VALIDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26044437940     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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