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Title: Relevant signs of stable and unstable thoracolumbar vertebral column trauma

Abstract

One-hundred and seventeen patients with acute thoracolumbar vertebral column fracture or fracture-dislocations were analyzed and classified into stable (36%) and unstable (64%). Eight helpful roentgen signs were observed that may serve to direct attention to serious underlying, often occult, fractures and dislocations. The changes fall into four principal groups: abnormal soft tissues, abnormal vertebral alignment, abnormal joints, and widened vertebral canal. All stable and unstable lesions showed abnormal soft tissues, while 70% demonstrated kyphosis and/or scoliosis, and an abnormal adjacent intervertebral disk space. All unstable lesions showed one or more of the following signs: displaced vertebra, widened interspinous space, abnormal apophyseal joint(s), and widened vertebral canal.

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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5502672
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Skelet. Radiol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; BONE FRACTURES; DIAGNOSIS; VERTEBRAE; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; BONE JOINTS; CHEST; IMAGES; INJURIES; PATIENTS; PELVIS; TOMOGRAPHY; BODY; BODY AREAS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY; SKELETON; 550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)

Citation Formats

Gehweiler, J A, Daffner, R H, and Osborne, R L. Relevant signs of stable and unstable thoracolumbar vertebral column trauma. United States: N. p., 1981. Web. doi:10.1007/BF00361861.
Gehweiler, J A, Daffner, R H, & Osborne, R L. Relevant signs of stable and unstable thoracolumbar vertebral column trauma. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00361861
Gehweiler, J A, Daffner, R H, and Osborne, R L. 1981. "Relevant signs of stable and unstable thoracolumbar vertebral column trauma". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00361861.
@article{osti_5502672,
title = {Relevant signs of stable and unstable thoracolumbar vertebral column trauma},
author = {Gehweiler, J A and Daffner, R H and Osborne, R L},
abstractNote = {One-hundred and seventeen patients with acute thoracolumbar vertebral column fracture or fracture-dislocations were analyzed and classified into stable (36%) and unstable (64%). Eight helpful roentgen signs were observed that may serve to direct attention to serious underlying, often occult, fractures and dislocations. The changes fall into four principal groups: abnormal soft tissues, abnormal vertebral alignment, abnormal joints, and widened vertebral canal. All stable and unstable lesions showed abnormal soft tissues, while 70% demonstrated kyphosis and/or scoliosis, and an abnormal adjacent intervertebral disk space. All unstable lesions showed one or more of the following signs: displaced vertebra, widened interspinous space, abnormal apophyseal joint(s), and widened vertebral canal.},
doi = {10.1007/BF00361861},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5502672}, journal = {Skelet. Radiol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 7:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
}