AJR Women's Imaging Online
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Brant-Zawadzki, M
Right arrow Articles by Federle, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Brant-Zawadzki, M
Right arrow Articles by Federle, M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 136, Issue 2, 369-375
Copyright © 1981 by American Roentgen Ray Society

Articles

CT in the evaluation of spine trauma

M Brant-Zawadzki, EM Miller, and MP Federle

Fifteen patients admitted for spine trauma in an 8 month period were studied with computed tomography (CT). All the patients had initial routine plain film screening, and 10 of 15 were also examined with conventional tomography. Five patients sustained vertical fall, axial-load injuries in the thoracolumbar junction region; two others suffered missile injury to the spine. CT provided more information than plain films in all these patients due to its superior imaging of bony detail and its ability to assess soft-tissue damage. In four of these patients, conventional tomography was done but contributed no additional information. Eight other patients sustained complex fractures of the cervical spine. In all but one, the combination of plain films and CT allowed complete evaluation of the injury. In one patient, conventional tomography showed an additional linear fracture one vertebral level below the main region of injury. Plain films and CT allow complete, safe, rapid, easily interpretable evaluation of spine trauma patients in the acute setting. Conventional tomography yields no additional clinically vital information in the acute evaluation of spine trauma, when plain films are abnormal. Its current ability to show finer bony detail than CT can be reserved for evaluating equivocal plain film and CT findings or more complete evaluation (if indicated) after the patient is clinically stable.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JBJSHome page
L. Barker, J. Anderson, R. Chesnut, G. Nesbit, T. Tjauw, and R. Hart
Reliability and Reproducibility of Dens Fracture Classification with Use of Plain Radiography and Reformatted Computer-Aided Tomography
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., January 1, 2006; 88(1): 106 - 112.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Br. J. Radiol.Home page
R Watura, M Cobby, and J Taylor
Multislice CT in imaging of trauma of the spine, pelvis and complex foot injuries
Br. J. Radiol., December 1, 2004; 77(suppl_1): S46 - S63.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
M. Wintermark, E. Mouhsine, N. Theumann, P. Mordasini, G. van Melle, P. F. Leyvraz, and P. Schnyder
Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures in Patients Who Have Sustained Severe Trauma: Depiction with Multi-Detector Row CT
Radiology, June 1, 2003; 227(3): 681 - 689.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 TraumaHome page
G. Johnson
Early imaging of spinal trauma
Trauma, July 1, 1999; 1(3): 227 - 234.
[Abstract] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1981 by the American Roentgen Ray Society.