Dr. Whang is Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Vaccaro is Professor, Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and The Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA. The video that accompanies this article is “Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures,” available on the Orthopaedic Knowledge Online Website, at http://www5.aaos.org/oko/jaaos/surgical.cfm None of the following authors or a member of their immediate families has received anything of value from or owns stock in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article: Dr. Whang and Dr. Vaccaro. Reprint requests: Dr. Vaccaro, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Rothman Institute, 5th Floor, 925 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
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