Keywords:
Diagnostic procedure, CT, Neuroradiology spine, Musculoskeletal spine, Emergency, Trauma, Acute
Authors:
T.-Y. Moon1, I. S. Lee2; 1Yangsan/KR, 2Pusan/KR
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-0503
Methods and Materials
We retrospectively reviewed spine 3D CT images of 102 patients with thoracolumbar spine burst fractures.
The levels where sited with main one burst fracture were twenty-two ‘cord level’ above the 11th thoracic spine,
twenty-one ‘conus medullaris level’ of the 12th thoracic spine body,
and fifty-nine ‘cauda equina level’ below the 1st lumbar spine.
The laminar fractures were thirty-five displaced,
twenty-seven separated,
seven linear,
and thirty-three no fractures (Fig.
1-3).
The central canal ratios (CCRs) were fifty-nine above 0.51 and forty-three below 0.50 (Fig.
4).
The multiplicities involving the spines were seven quadruple,
ten triple,
thirty-two double,
and fifty-three single.
The neurological deficits were twenty-two complete,
twenty-two incomplete,
and fifty-eight no them.