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AOSpine Injury Classifications

Case contributed by Francis Deng
Diagnosis not applicable

Presentation

Spinal trauma

Upper Cervical

Diagram

Upper cervical spine (C0-C2) injury classification system

Subaxial

Diagram

Subaxial cervical spine (C3-C7) injury classification system

Thoracolumbar

Diagram

Thoracolumbar spine (T1-L5) injury classification system

Sacral

Diagram

Sacral (S1-S5 including coccyx) injury classification system

Case Discussion

Pocket cards for AO Spine injury classification systems (2020).

Authors: AO Foundation, AO Spine

Original sources: 

  1. https://aospine.aofoundation.org/-/media/project/aocmf/aospine/documents/clinical-library-and-tools/classifications/aos_injury_classification_pocket_card_uppercervical.pdf
  2. https://aospine.aofoundation.org/-/media/project/aocmf/aospine/documents/clinical-library-and-tools/classifications/aos_injury_classification_pocket_card-subaxial.pdf
  3. https://aospine.aofoundation.org/-/media/project/aocmf/aospine/documents/clinical-library-and-tools/classifications/aos_injury_classification_pocket_card_thoracolumbar.pdf
  4. https://aospine.aofoundation.org/-/media/project/aocmf/aospine/documents/clinical-library-and-tools/classifications/aos_injury_classification_pocket_card_sacral.pdf

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