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Classification of the vertebral fractures to encourage optimal treatment protocol has long been interest of the spine surgeons. In the past, although many morphology-based or mechanistic classification systems have been proposed, none of them has lasting influence on daily practice. In the last two decades, the spine community focused on developing a classification system incorporating morphology, mechanism, and clinical factors relevant for surgical decision. However, even in the current classification systems, treatment protocols always have a gray zone which allows the surgeon to make his own decision.
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Kiter, E., Ok, N. (2019). Management Criteria for Thoracic, Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Fractures. In: Meyer, B., Rauschmann, M. (eds) Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98875-7_34
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