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Review Of Cerebral Aneurysm Formation, Growth, And Rupture., Nohra Chalouhi, Md, Brian L Hoh, David Hasan
Review Of Cerebral Aneurysm Formation, Growth, And Rupture., Nohra Chalouhi, Md, Brian L Hoh, David Hasan
Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers
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Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma: Review Of The Evidence., George M. Ghobrial Md, Jack Jallo, Md, Phd
Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma: Review Of The Evidence., George M. Ghobrial Md, Jack Jallo, Md, Phd
Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers
AIM: The aim of this paper was to provide a comprehensive review of literature regarding the classification systems and surgical management of thoracolumbar spine trauma.
METHODS: A Pubmed search of "thoracolumbar", "spine", "fracture" was used on January 05, 2013. Exclusionary criteria included non-Human studies, case reports, and non-clinical papers. RESULTS. One thousand five hundred twenty manuscripts were initially returned for the combined search string; 150 were carefully reviewed, and 48 manuscripts were included in the review.
DISCUSSION: Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has a high prevalence in North America. The thoracolumbar junction is a point of high kinetic energy transfer …