title: Author's reply to "how to use the load-sharing classification of spine fractures?" Letter to the Editor of J. Jiang et al. regarding "progressive kyphotic deformity in comminuted burst fractures treated non-operatively: the Achilles tendon of the Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS)" by Tobias A. Mattei, Joseph Hanovnikian, Dzung H. Dinh. Eur Spine J. 2014; doi 10.1007/s00586-014-3312-0 : Avoiding misleading randomization of apples, oranges and other citruses: the necessity of proper evaluation of comminution in classification systems of thoracolumbar fractures.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Department, Brain and Spine Center, Invision Health, 400 International Drive, Buffalo, NY, 14221, USA, tobiasmattei@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Tobias A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Mattei
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000628:therapy*