Confusion regarding mechanisms of injury in the setting of thoracolumbar spinal trauma: A survey of the Spine Trauma Study Group (STSG)

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 528-530

  Schweitzer Jr , Karl M ^a,d   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Lee, Joon Y ^b   Grauer, Jonathan N ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Injury; Mechanism; Scoring; Spine; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; LIGAMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33749527886     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211219.28566.d0     Document Type: Review

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