Thoracolumbar injury classification and severity score: A new paradigm for the treatment of thoracolumbar spine trauma

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 671-675

  Lee, Joon Y ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b,m   Lim, Moe R ^c   Oner F C ^d   Hulbert, R John ^e   Hedlund, Rune ^f   Fehlings, Michael G ^g   Arnold, Paul ^h   Harrop, James ^b   Bono, Christopher M ⁱ   Anderson, Paul A ^j   Anderson, D Greg ^b   Harris, Mitchel B ^l   Brown, Andrew K ^b   Stock, Gordon H ^b   Baron, Eli M ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^k TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 28244449269     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-005-0956-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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