AO spine injury classification system: A revision proposal for the thoracic and lumbar spine

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2184-2201

  Reinhold, Maximilian ^a   Audigé, Laurent ^b   Schnake, Klaus John ^c   Bellabarba, Carlo ^d   Dai, Li Yang ^e   Oner, F Cumhur ^f  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b AO FOUNDATION   (Switzerland)

^c Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Consensus development; Reliability; Spinal injury classification; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE INJURY; SURGEON; THORACIC SPINE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBRA;

CONSENSUS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84886785266     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2738-0     Document Type: Article

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