Chance-type fractures of the thoracolumbar spine: Imaging analysis in 53 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 859-868

  Bernstein, Mark P ^a,b   Mirvis, Stuart E ^a   Shanmuganathan, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Spine; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHANCE TYPE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLEXION DISTRACTION THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749032372     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0145     Document Type: Review

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