Mitchel B. Harris

TL;DR: A new proposed classification system for thoracolumbar (TL) spine injuries, including injury severity assessment, designed to assist in clinical management and to facilitate clinical decision-making as a practical alternative to cumbersome classification systems already in use is devised.

TL;DR: A 72-year-old woman with hypertension presents with a 4-month history of lower back discomfort that radiates to both buttocks and lateral thighs that is notable only for a slightly stooped posture and a reduction of vibratory sensibility in both great toes.

TL;DR: The incidence rate of acute traumatic spinal cord injury remained relatively stable but, reflecting an increasing population, the total number of cases increased, and in-hospital mortality remained high, especially among elderly persons.

TL;DR: To determine if mechanoreceptors in the human spine can reflexively recruit muscle force to stabilize the lumbar spine, and to demonstrate, in the feline model, that such ligamento‐muscular synergy is elicited by mechanical deformation of theLumbar supraspinous ligament, it is shown that spastic muscle activity and possibly pain can be caused by ligament overloading.

TL;DR: The proposed treatment algorithm is an attempt to assist physicians using best-evidence medicine in managing thoracolumbar spinal injuries by systematically assigning specific point values within each category based on the severity of injury.