Lumbar fractures in adult blunt trauma: Axial and single-slice helical abdominal and pelvic computed tomographic scans versus portable plain films

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 663-667

  Rhee, Peter M ^a,b   Bridgeman, Amy ^a   Acosta, Jose A ^a   Kennedy, Susan ^a   Wang, Dennis S Y ^a   Sarveswaran, J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Computed tomographic scan; Lumbar fracture; Pelvic; Plain films; Radiographs; Spine fracture; Trauma; X rays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FILM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036798899     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200210000-00007     Document Type: Article

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