Evaluation of a new spine classification system, does it accurately predict treatment?

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-196

  Lenarz, Christopher J ^a   Place, Howard M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Fracture; Outcomes; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; BRACE; BURST FRACTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORBID OBESITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PAIN; POSTERIOR LIGAMENTOUS COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE; SPINE FRACTURE; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORACOLUMBAR INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952194074     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31819e30c1     Document Type: Article

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