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ReviewEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2024

Thoracolumbar injuries: prehospital and emergency management, imaging, classifications and clinical implications.

Guido A Wanner, Frank Bloemers, Christoph Nau, Klaus Wendt, Marko Jug, Radko Komadina, Hans Christoph Pape

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Review in European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Guido A WannerDepartment of Spine & Trauma Surgery, Bethanien Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Frank BloemersAmsterdam University Medical Centre, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Christoph NauUniversity Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
Klaus WendtUniversity Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Marko JugUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Radko KomadinaUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Hans Christoph PapeDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. hcpape1@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thoracolumbar fractures are common injuries that usually result from high energy trauma. They can lead to significant morbidity due to neurologic impair - or mortality - if not managed according to strict and rapid intervention rules in terms of decompression of the spinal cord, and rigid fixation of the fracture. This manuscript reviews emergency treatment protocols, imaging modalities, and classification systems used for thoracolumbar fractures. The emergency treatment is discussed, specific classifications are compared and indications for surgeries are compared.

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Emergency Medical ServicesLumbar VertebraeSpinal FracturesThoracic VertebraeDecompression, SurgicalHumansTomography, X-Ray ComputedESTES recommendationsPrinciples of managementSpinal injuryThoracolumbar fractures

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PMID39331073

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