Plain radiography versus computed tomography scans in the diagnosis and management of thoracolumbar burst fractures

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Dai, Li Yang ^a,c   Wang, Xiang Yang ^b   Jiang, Lei Sheng ^a   Jiang, Sheng Dan ^a   Xu, Hua Zi ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Burst fractures; Computed tomography; Load sharing classification; Plain radiography; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FRACTURE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA BODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; STANDARD; VERTEBRA;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149122901     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817d6dee     Document Type: Article

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