Sequential damage assessment of the different components of the posterior ligamentous complex after magnetic resonance imaging interpretation: Prospective study 74 traumatic fractures

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Pizones, Javier ^a   Izquierdo, Enrique ^a   Sánchez Mariscal, Felisa ^a   Zúñiga, Lorenzo ^a   Álvarez, Patricia ^a   Gómez Rice, Alejandro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; PLC rupture; posterior ligamentous complex; vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; INTERSPINOUS LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LIGAMENTOUS COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUPRASPINOUS LIGAMENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 84861093258     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182422b2b     Document Type: Review

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