Traumatic thoracic spine fracture: can we predict when MRI would modify the fracture classification or decision-making compared to CT alone?
Khulood K AlRaddadiAbdulbaset M Al-ShoaibiAbdelwahed AlnaqeepWaleed AlmohamadyMeshari M AlmutairiMohamed AbdelAzizMohamed M AlyPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2024)
CT yielded (89%) accuracy in diagnosing PLC injury in TSFs. The addition of MRI after CT substantially changed the AO classification or TLAOISS, compared to CT alone, thus suggesting an added value of MRI for PLC assessment for TSFs classification.