Answer to the Letter to the Editor of A. Piazzolla et al. concerning, "The Surgical Algorithm for the AOSpine, Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System" by A. R. Vaccaro et al.; Eur Spine J (2016); 25(4):1087-1094

Affiliations

• ¹ The Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, 925 Chestnut Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA. Alex.Vaccaro@Rothmaninstitute.com.
• ² The Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, 925 Chestnut Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
• ³ University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• ⁴ Catholic University, Curitiba, Brazil.
• ⁵ Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt, Center for Spinal Surgery and Neurotraumatology, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
• ⁶ Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Klinikum Suedstadt Rostock, Suedring 81, 18059, Rostock, Germany.
• ⁷ Schön Klinik Nürnberg Fürth, Center for Spinal Therapy, Fürth, Germany.
• ⁸ The Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
• ⁹ University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ¹⁰ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• ¹¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.