Thoracolumbar spine trauma classification: The Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score system and case examples. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Patel, Alpesh A ^a   Dailey, Andrew ^a   Brodke, Darrel S ^a   Daubs, Michael ^a   Harrop, James ^b   Whang, Peter G ^c   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury classification; Injury severity score; Spinal cord injury; Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score; Thoracolumbar spine trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX INJURY; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; INJURY SCALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249189259     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.12.SPINE08388     Document Type: Article

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