Thoracolumbar injury classification and scoring system

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 574-575

  Vaccaro, Alexander ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; CLASSIFICATION; INJURY SCALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NOTE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRA;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL INJURIES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 58849166261     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI.2008.8.08560     Document Type: Editorial

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