Assessment of acute thoracolumbar fractures: challenges in multidetector computed tomography and added value of emergency MRI.

Acute thoracolumbar fractures are commonly diagnosed by clinical symptoms and X-ray plain films. Computed tomography (CT) is used to assess vertebral body damage, posterior wall canal intrusion, and posterior column injury. Both of these imaging tools have helped to develop classifications systems t...

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Publicado en:Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 389 - 396
Autores principales: Pizones, Javier, Castillo, Ernesto
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishing Inc. Sep2013
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