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AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System
Spine · 2013 · Vol. 38(23) · pp. 2028–2037
Alexander R. Vaccaro✉(Thomas Jefferson University)F. Cumhur Öner(University Medical Center Utrecht)Christopher K. Kepler✉(Rothman Institute)Marcel F. Dvorak(Vancouver General Hospital)Klaus John Schnake(Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main)Carlo Bellabarba(University of Washington)Maximilian Reinhold(Innsbruck Medical University)Bizhan Aarabi✉(Rothman Institute)Frank Kandziora(Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main)Jens R. Chapman(University Medical Center Utrecht)Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran(Vancouver General Hospital)Michael G. Fehlings(Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main)Luiz Roberto Vialle(University of Washington)
Abstract
The AOSpine TL injury classification system is clinically relevant according to the consensus agreement of our international team of spine trauma experts. Final evaluation data showed reasonable reliability and accuracy, but further clinical validation of the proposed system requires prospective observational data collection documenting use of the classification system, therapeutic decision making, and clinical follow-up evaluation by a large number of surgeons from different countries.
Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicineKappaCohen's kappaObservational studyReliability (semiconductor)Injury Severity ScoreGrading (engineering)Physical therapyPoison controlInjury prevention
MeSH terms
HumansLumbar VertebraeTerminology as TopicPredictive Value of TestsRadiographyRetrospective StudiesSpinal Cord InjuriesThoracic VertebraeReproducibility of ResultsObserver VariationInjury Severity ScoreSpinal FracturesConsensus
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