Study Design Systematic literature review. Objective The Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score System (TLICS) is widely used to help guide the treatment of thoracolumbar spine trauma. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of the TLICS in clinical practice. Methods Using the Medline database without time restriction, we performed a systematic review using the keywo...

OBJECTIVE For improving the drawbacks of previous thoracolumbar spine trauma classification, the Spine Trauma Study Group was developed new classification, Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS). The simplicity of this scoring system makes it useful clinical application. However, considering criteria of Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), the us...

AIM To determine whether the Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) Spine Thoracolumbar Injury Classification System have any superiority to each other regarding the reliability of their recommendations in the surgical management of unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty-five consecuti...

STUDY DESIGN A new classification system for throacolumbar spine injury, Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS) was evaluated retrospectively. PURPOSE To evaluate intrarater and interrater reliability of newly proposed TLICS schemes and to estimate validity of TLICS's final treatment recommendation. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Despite numerous literature about thoracolumb...

Background: Motor vehicle crashes (MVC) cause variable injury to the thoracolumbar (TL) region of children secondary rapid deceleration from seatbelts. This mechanism can also predispose a child intraabdominal (IAI), which necessitates early diagnosis limit morbidity and mortality. While maximum extent TL-spine be appreciated shortly after presentation, severity IAI may not until days later. It...

BACKGROUND The management of thoracolumbar (TL) burst fractures is still controversial. The thoracolumbar injury classification and severity score (TLICS) algorithm is now widely used to guide clinical decision making, however, in clinical practice, we come to realize that TLICS also has its limitations for treating patients with total scores less than 4, for which conservative treatment may no...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) inter-reader and intra-reader reliabilities using the thoracolumbar injury classification system and severity score (TLICS) and to analyze the effects of reader experience on reliability and the possible reasons for discordant interpretations. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six radiologists (two senior, two junior radiologists, and two resid...

Objective: The reliability of the thoracolumbar injury classification and severity (TLICS) score is well established; however, its among young neurosurgeons in particular has not been investigated. This study was designed to identify intra- inter-observer differences between TLICS system McAfee neurosurgeons, with goal facilitating communication physicians treatment decision-making for patients...