title: [Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine. A follow-up of insured and not insured (author's transl)].
abstract: Out of a number of patients treated between 1966 to 1977 for fractures of the thoracal and lumbar spine (according to Ehlert) 73 cases were followed up. 38 patients of these were insured, 37 were not. There were equal clinical results for both groups. The complaints of insured patients, however, were four time higher, with their out of work time being double as high as that of patients without insurance. If, therefore, complaints of insured patients cannot be evaluated with absolute objectivity, they should be considered with caution.
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007346:Insurance, Accident; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Probleme der Begutachtung von Brüchen der Brust- und Lendenwirbelköper. Vergleich zwischen versicherten und nicht versicherten Unfallpatienten.