Letter: Load-Sharing Classification Score as Supplemental Grading System in the Decision-Making Process for Patients With Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity 4

Mohamed M Aly^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

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Mohamed M Aly. Neurosurgery. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 1;90(3):e78.

doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001821. Epub 2021 Dec 27.

Mohamed M Aly^{1

2}

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

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Load-Sharing Classification Score as Supplemental Grading System in the Decision-Making Process for Patients With Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity 4.
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