Injury of the posterior ligamentous complex of the thoracolumbar spine: A prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Rihn, Jeffrey A ^a   Saravanja, Davor ^b   Anderson, David G ^a   Hilibrand, Alan S ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^c   Morrison, William ^a   Flanders, Adam E ^a   France, John C ^d   Arnold, Paul ^e   Anderson, Paul A ^f   Friel, Brian ^a   Malfair, David ^b   Street, John ^b   Kwon, Brian ^b   Paquette, Scott ^b   Boyd, Michael ^b   Dvorak, Marcel F S ^b   Fisher, Charles ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fracture; MRI; Posterior ligamentous complex; Spine; Thoracolumbar injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSTERIOR LIGAMENTOUS COMPLEX INJURY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 70449507811     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bd11be     Document Type: Article

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