Journal article
Epidemiology of Thoracolumbar Spine Injury in Blunt Trauma
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence, distribution, and demographics of thoracolumbar (TL) spine injuries following blunt trauma.
METHODS: Prospective, cross-sectional study of a consecutive sample of all blunt trauma patients presenting initially to the emergency department (ED) of a Level 1 trauma center and undergoing thoracic and/or lumbar spine radiography from August 1997 to November 1998. The age, sex, and mechanism of injury of each …
Authors
Holmes JF; Miller PQ; Panacek EA; Lin S; Horne NS; Mower WR
Journal
Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 866–872
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
9 2001
DOI
10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01146.x
ISSN
1069-6563