A comparison of the diagnostic performances of visceral organ-targeted versus spine-targeted protocols for the evaluation of spinal fractures using sixteen-channel multidetector row computed tomography: Is additional spine-targeted computed tomography necessary to evaluate thoracolumbar spinal fractures in blunt trauma victims?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 437-446

  Kim, Sungjun ^a   Yoon, Choon Sik ^b   Ryu, Jeong Ah ^c   Lee, Sungah ^d   Park, Ye Soo ^c   Kim, Sam Soo ^a,b,c   Lee, Young Han ^e   Suh, Jin Suck ^e  

^a Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Bestian Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Spine CT; Spine fractures; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPELVIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE FRACTURE;

EID: 77955858331     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e491d8     Document Type: Article

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