Imaging of Vertebral Trauma

by Richard H. Daffner

• ISBN13: 9780521897013
• ISBN10: 0521897017
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The imaging methods used to evaluate patients with suspected vertebral injuries have undergone radical changes in the past decade, the most significant being the ascendancy of computed tomography (CT) to become the primary investigative modality. Issues such as high radiation dose associated with CT studies and health care reform and cost containment also have a significant impact on clinical decision-making. This new edition of the classic landmark text for vertebral trauma imaging provides an in-depth discussion on the indications and methods of imaging the spine based on currently available clinical evidence. Every chapter has been extensively revised and the illustrations represent state-of-the-art imaging. A completely new chapter on pediatric injuries has been added. Imaging of Vertebral Trauma, third edition, is an invaluable and essential tool in the assessment of any patient with suspected vertebral or spinal cord injury.

Table of Contents

Preface

Overview of vertebral injuries

Anatomic considerations

Biomechanical considerations

Imaging of vertebral trauma: a. Indications and controversies

Imaging of vertebral trauma: a. Radiography, computer tomography, and myelography

Imaging of vertebral trauma: a. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging

Mechanisms of injury and their 'fingerprints'

Radiologic 'footprints' of vertebral injury: the ABCS

Vertebral injuries in children

Vertebral stability and instability

Normal variants and pseudofractures

Bibliography

Index

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