The influence of fracture mechanism and morphology on the reliability and validity of two novel thoracolumbar injury classification systems

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 791-795

  Whang, Peter G ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,i   Poelstra, Kornelius A ^a   Patel, Alpesh A ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a   Hilibrand, Alan S ^a   Harrop, James S ^b   Sharan, Ashwini D ^b   Ratliff, John K ^b   Hurlbert, R John ^c   Anderson, Paul ^d   Aarabi, Bizhan ^e   Sekhon, Lali H S ^f   Gahr, Ralf ^g   Carrino, John A ^h  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SpineNevada   (United States)

^g Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification systems; Spinal stability; Spine trauma; Thoracolumbar fractures; Treatment algorithms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOLUMBAR INJURY CLASSIFICATION AND SEVERITY SCORE; THORACOLUMBAR INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34147158867     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000258882.96011.47     Document Type: Article

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