Agreement between orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons regarding a new algorithm for the treatment of thoracolumbar injuries: A multicenter reliability study

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 477-482

  Raja Rampersaud, Y ^a,j   Fisher, Charles ^b   Wilsey, Jared ^c   Arnold, Paul ^d   Anand, Neel ^e   Bono, Chris M ^f   Dailey, Andrew T ^g   Dvorak, Marcel ^b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a   Harrop, James S ^h   Oner, F C ⁱ   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Medtronic Sofamor Danek   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Alliance   (United States)

^h THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^j TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Neurosurgery; Orthopedic; Reliability; Thoracolumbar injury classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33749512776     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211237.14211.21     Document Type: Review

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