AOSpine classification |
Key features |
Number of patients |
A0 |
A fracture not significantly affecting spinal stability |
22 (68.8%) |
A1 |
Compression fracture involving a single endplate without involvement of the posterior vertebral body wall |
3 (9.7%) |
A2 |
Coronal fracture of the vertebral body involving both endplates but not the posterior wall |
0 |
A3 |
Incomplete burst fracture involving a single endplate and the posterior wall |
0 |
A4 |
Complete burst fracture involving both endplates and the posterior wall |
0 |
B1 |
Disruption to the osseous posterior tension band |
1 (3.2%) |
B2 |
Complete disruption of the posterior capsuloligamentous or bony capsuloligamentous structures together with a vertebral body, disk, and/or facet injury |
2 (6.5%) |
B3 |
Disruption of the anterior tension band |
0 |
C |
Failure of anterior and posterior elements leading to displacement or translation of one vertebra compared to another in any axis |
3 (9.7%) |