Mohamed M Aly, Charlotte Dandurand, Marcel F Dvorak, Cumhur F Öner, Klaus Schnake, Sanders Mujis, Lorin M Benneker, Emiliano Vialle, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Mohammad El-Skarkawi, Rishi M Kanna, Martin Holas, Eugen Cezar Popescu, Jin W Tee, Gaston Camino-Willhuber, Andrei Fernandes Joaquim, Ory Kenyan, Harvinder Singh Chhabra, Sebastian Bigdon, Ulrich Spiegel, Gregory D Schroeder, Jose A Canseco, Alexander R Vaccaro, Richard J Bransford
STUDY DESIGN: A prospective study. OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the impact of vertebral body comminution and Posterior Ligamentous Complex (PLC) integrity on the treatment recommendations of thoracolumbar fractures among an expert panel of 22 spine surgeons. METHODS: A review of 183 prospectively collected thoracolumbar burst fracture computed tomography (CT) scans by an expert panel of 22 trauma spine surgeons to assess vertebral body comminution and PLC integrity...
February 2024: Global Spine Journal