Background context Traumatic fractures of the spine are most common at the thoracolumbar
junction and can be a source of great disability. Purpose To review the most current …

Numerous classification systems for subaxial and thoracolumbar spine injuries were
proposed in the past with the attempt to facilitate communication between physicians. The …

Study Design. Reliability and agreement study, retrospective case series. Objective. To
develop a widely accepted, comprehensive yet simple classification system with clinically …

Background The main aims of managing thoracolumbar fractures involve stabilization of
traumatized regions, to promote vertebral healing or segmental fusion. Recently …

Abstract Purpose The AO Spine Classification Group was established to propose a revised
AO spine injury classification system. This paper provides details on the rationale …

This article describes different types of vertebral fractures that affect the thoracolumbar spine
and the most relevant contributions of the different classification systems to vertebral fracture …

BACKGROUND Thoracolumbar spine (TLS) injuries have an incidence rate of 5% in blunt
trauma patients. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma published Practice …

Traumatic fractures of the thoracolumbar spine are relatively common occurrences that can
be a source of pain and disability. Similarly, osteoporotic vertebral fractures are also …

Objective To evaluate the influence of additional (MRI) compared with computed
tomography (CT) alone for the classification of traumatic spinal injuries using the …

Since Böhler published the first categorization of spinal injuries based on plain radiographic
examinations in 1929, numerous classifications have been proposed. Despite all these …