A review of the TLICS system: A novel, user-friendly thoracolumbar trauma classification system

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-466

  Rihn, Jeffrey A ^a   Anderson, David T ^a   Harris, Eric ^a   Lawrence, James ^a   Jonsson, Hakan ^b   Wilsey, Jared ^c   Hurlbert, R John ^d   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Medtronic Sofamor Danek   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERTEBRA;

HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 51049097908     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710015436     Document Type: Review

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