A new classification of thoracolumbar injuries: The importance of injury morphology, the integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex, and neurologic status

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2325-2333

  Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,l   Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^b   Hurlbert, 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   Zeiller, Steven C ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^a   Bono, Christopher M ^j   Stock, Gordon H ^a   Brown, Andrew K ^a   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

Classification; Clinical pathways; Spine trauma; Thoracolumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOLUMBAR INJURY CLASSIFICATION AND SEVERITY SCORE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

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

EID: 27144452941     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000182986.43345.cb     Document Type: Article

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