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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXVI | Pages 24 - 24
1 Jun 2012
Venkatesan M Fong A Sell P
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Background

Thoracolumbar fractures are the most common spinal injuries resulting from blunt trauma. Missed spinal injuries can have serious consequences.

Objective

Our objectives were to determine the utility of trauma series chest and abdomen computed tomographs for detecting clinically unrecognised vertebral fractures and to analyse those missed on clinical examination. The aim was to identify an ‘at-risk’ patient group with negative clinical examination warranting evaluation with CT screening.