AO Spine Injury Calculator
Based on AO Foundation's Spine Injury Classification Systems
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Artwork: Medical art by Dr Joanna Butler.
To begin, select the site of injury from the diagram
Upper Cervical Spine
Lower Cervical Spine
Thoracolumbar Spine
Sacrum
References:
- AO Spine Classification Systems. AO Foundation
- Lambrechts MJ, Schroeder GD, Karamian BA, et al. Global Validation of the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification: Geographic Region Affects Reliability and Reproducibility. Global Spine J. 2024;14(3):821-829. doi:10.1177/21925682221124100
- Canseco JA, Schroeder GD, Paziuk TM, et al. The Subaxial Cervical AO Spine Injury Score. Global Spine J. 2022;12(6):1066-1073. doi:10.1177/2192568220974339
- Lee Y, Lambrechts M, Narayanan R, et al. The Surgical Algorithm for the AO Spine Sacral Injury Classification System. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024;49(3):165-173. doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000004876
- Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, et al. The Thoracolumbar AOSpine Injury Score. Global Spine J. 2016;6(4):329-334. doi:10.1055/s-0035-1563610