Washington Hospital

The fourth column in thoracic vertebral fractures: concomitant thoracic cage injuries and mortality in 27,814 inpatient cases from the german national DRG database

Abstract Purpose Population-level data on fourth column fractures and prognostic implications remain lacking. This study aimed to characterise the epidemiology of thoracic vertebral fractures in Germany, including the prevalence of fourth column injuries and geriatric patients, c...