Classification and Radiological Diagnosis of Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

The aim of this review to determine recommendations for classification and radiological diagnosis of thoracolumbar spine fractures. Recommendation was made through a literature review of the last 10 years. The statements created by the authors were discussed and voted on during 2 consensus meetings organized by the WFNS (World Federation Neurosurgical Societies) Spine Committee. The literature review was yielded 256 abstracts, of which 32 were chosen for full-text analysis. Thirteen papers evaluated the reliability of a classification system by our expert members and were also chosen in this guideline analysis. This literature review-based recommendation provides the classification and radiologic diagnosis in thoracolumbar spine fractures that can elucidate the management decision-making in clinical practice.

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Incidence and Epidemiology of Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

Neurospine ◽

10.14245/ns.2142418.209 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 704-712

Author(s):

Mehmet Zileli ◽

Salman Sharif ◽

Maurizio Fornari

Keyword(s):

Elderly Population ◽

Motor Vehicle ◽

Thoracolumbar Spine ◽

Osteoporotic Fractures ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Incidence Rates ◽

World Federation ◽

Spine Fractures ◽

Low Velocity ◽

Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures

This review aims to search the epidemiology and incidence rates of thoracolumbar spine fractures. A systematic review of the literature of the last 10 years gave 586 results with “incidence,” and 387 results with “epidemiology,” of which 39 papers were analyzed. The review results were discussed and voted in 2 consensus meetings of the WFNS (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies) Spine Committee. Out of 39 studies, 15 studies have focused on thoracolumbar trauma, remaining 24 studies have looked at all spine trauma. Most were retrospective in nature; few were prospective and multicenter. Some studies have focused on specific injuries. The annual incidence of TL fractures is about 30/100,000 inhabitants including osteoporotic fractures. There is a trend to increase the fractures in elderly population especially in developed countries, while an increase of motor vehicle accidents in developing countries. The mortality rate among male elderly patients is relatively high. The incidence of thoracolumbar spine fractures is increasing because of low-velocity falls in the elderly population. The main reasons are falls and traffic accidents. Learning the regional differences and some special forms of trauma such as extreme sports, war, and gunshot injuries will help the prevention of the thoracolumbar spine fractures.

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Concordance in the radiological diagnosis of thoracolumbar spine fractures

Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología (English Edition) ◽

10.1016/j.recote.2015.04.001 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 59 (4) ◽

pp. 238-244

Author(s):

M. Hirschfeld ◽

M. Rodriguez ◽

A.M. Cerván ◽

J.A. Ortega ◽

F. Rivas-Ruiz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Thoracolumbar Spine ◽

Radiological Diagnosis ◽

Spine Fractures ◽

Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures

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History, development and use of classification of thoracolumbar spine fractures

Perspectives in Surgery ◽

10.33699/pis.2020.99.1.15-21 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 99 (1) ◽

Keyword(s):

Thoracolumbar Spine ◽

Spine Fractures ◽

Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures

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Residual spinal segment fixation in burst thoracolumbar spine fractures

TRAUMA ◽

10.22141/1608-1706.4.18.2017.109348 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 82-87

Author(s):

K.A. Popsuyshapka ◽

M.Yu. Karpinskiy ◽

S.A. Teslenko ◽

E.D. Karpinska ◽

A.I. Popov

Keyword(s):

Thoracolumbar Spine ◽

Spine Fractures ◽

Spinal Segment ◽

Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures

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Open versus minimally invasive percutaneous surgery for surgical treatment of thoracolumbar spine fractures- a multicenter randomized controlled trial: study protocol

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽

10.1186/s12891-019-2763-1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Helton L. A. Defino ◽

Herton R. T. Costa ◽

Altacílio A. Nunes ◽

Marcello Nogueira Barbosa ◽

Valéria Romero

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Surgical Treatment ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Thoracolumbar Spine ◽

Spine Fractures ◽

Percutaneous Surgery ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures ◽

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Predictors of Recovery After Conservative Treatment of AO-Type A Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures Without Neurological Deficit

Spine ◽

10.1097/brs.0b013e3181cdb5fc ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 141-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Peter Vorlat ◽

Geert Leirs ◽

Farhad Tajdar ◽

Heinz Hulsmans ◽

Hugo De Boeck ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Conservative Treatment ◽

Neurological Deficit ◽

Thoracolumbar Spine ◽

Type A ◽

Spine Fractures ◽

Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures

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An approach to neural network analysis of text information in the economic assessment of companies

Economic Analysis Theory and Practice ◽

10.24891/ea.20.8.1574 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (8) ◽

pp. 1574-1594

Author(s):

Aleksandr R. NEVREDINOV

Keyword(s):

Natural Language Processing ◽

Natural Language ◽

Language Processing ◽

Text Analysis ◽

Economic Assessment ◽

Management Decision ◽

Textual Information ◽

Financial Condition ◽

Analysis And Synthesis ◽

Management Decision Making

Subject. When evaluating enterprises, maximum accuracy and comprehensiveness of analysis are important, although the use of various indicators of organization’s financial condition and external factors provide a sufficiently high accuracy of forecasting. Many researchers are increasingly focusing on the natural language processing to analyze various text sources. This subject is extremely relevant against the needs of companies to quickly and extensively analyze their activities. Objectives. The study aims at exploring the natural language processing methods and sources of textual information about companies that can be used in the analysis, and developing an approach to the analysis of textual information. Methods. The study draws on methods of analysis and synthesis, systematization, formalization, comparative analysis, theoretical and methodological provisions contained in domestic and foreign scientific works on text analysis, including for purposes of company evaluation. Results. I offer and test an approach to using non-numeric indicators for company analysis. The paper presents a unique model, which is created on the basis of existing developments that have shown their effectiveness. I also substantiate the use of this approach to analyze a company’s condition and to include the analysis results in models for overall assessment of the state of companies. Conclusions. The findings improve scientific and practical understanding of techniques for the analysis of companies, the ways of applying text analysis, using machine learning. They can be used to support management decision-making to automate the analysis of their own and other companies in the market, with which they interact.

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