AOSpine subaxial cervical spine injury classification system

European Spine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2173-2184

  Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Koerner, John D ^a   Radcliff, Kris E ^a   Oner, F Cumhur ^b   Reinhold, Maximilian ^c   Schnake, Klaus J ^d   Kandziora, Frank ^e   Fehlings, Michael G ^f   Dvorak, Marcel F ^g   Aarabi, Bizhan ^h   Rajasekaran, Shanmuganathan ⁱ   Schroeder, Gregory D ^a   Kepler, Christopher K ^a   Vialle, Luiz R ^j  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Klinikum Suedstadt Rostock   (Germany)

^d Center for Spinal Surgery   (Germany)

^e Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ GANGA HOSPITAL   (India)

^j PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

AOSpine; Cervical; Classification; Injury; Spine; Subaxial; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPREHENSION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONSENSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INJURIES; NECK INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 84923633918     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-015-3831-3     Document Type: Article

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