Radiological features of traumatic vertebral endplate fracture: an analysis of 194 cases with 263 vertebral fractures

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 133; no. 22; pp. 2696 - 2702
• Main Authors: Wang, Xiao-Rong, Xu, Fei-Rong, Huang, Qiu-Li, Wáng, Yì Xiáng J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 20.11.2020; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Classification; Females; Fractures; Males; Original; Osteoporosis; Sports injuries; Trauma; Vertebrae

The importance of identifying osteoporotic vertebral endplate or/and cortex fracture (ECF), which primarily includes endplate fracture (EPF) and vertebral anterior cortex buckling, has been recognized. However, some old traumatic ECFs with healing process in the elderly may be mistaken as osteoporot...