3 – Fracture Fixation
3 Fracture Fixation Tim B. Hunter Introduction Bone fractures can be complete or incomplete, simple or comminuted, closed or open. Comminuted fractures comprise more than two bone fragments, and open…
1 – Radiologic Guide to Orthopedic Devices and Miscellaneous Foreign Bodies
1 Radiologic Guide to Orthopedic Devices and Miscellaneous Foreign Bodies An Introduction Tim B. Hunter There are a large number of medical devices visible on everyday radiographs and on cross-sectional…
2 – Biomaterials
2 Biomaterials An Overview Tim B. Hunter and Pablo Gurman Introduction Historical Overview of Materials The history of mankind has been marked by the evolving use of natural and man-made…
Section 3 – Trauma to Uncompromised Spine
Section 3 Trauma to Uncompromised Spine Cases Subsection 3ATypically Stable 16Simple Compression Fracture Hrvoje Vavro 17Occipital Condyle Fractures Russel Chapin and Hrvoje Vavro 18C1 Lateral Mass Fracture Doris Dodig 19Isolated…
Subsection 3C – Soft Tissue Injuries
Subsection 3C Soft Tissue Injuries Case 34 Spinal Cord Injury Vikas Agarwal and Abhay Varma Figure 34.1 Midsagittal T2w (SE) (A) and T2*w (GRE) (B) MR images shows traumatic subluxation…
Section 6 – Trauma to Compromised Spine
Section 6 Trauma to Compromised Spine Cases 53Malignant Compression Fractures Alessandro Cianfoni 54Benign Compression Fractures Alessandro Cianfoni 55Sacral Stress (Insufficiency) Fractures Daniela Distefano 56Fractures of the Ankylosed Spine Russel Chapin…
Section 5 – Specifics of Pediatric Spinal Trauma
Section 5 Specifics of Pediatric Spinal Trauma Cases 46Pediatric Cervical Spine Measurements and Pitfalls Alisa Sumkin and Giulio Zuccoli 47Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormalities in Children Orrie Close and…
Section 4 – Thoracolumbar Trauma Classification
Section 4 Thoracolumbar Trauma Classification Cases 43TLICS Scoring and Compression/Burst Injury Vikas Agarwal and Russel Chapin 44TLICS Translation or Rotation Injury Russel Chapin and Zoran Rumboldt 45TLICS Distraction Injury Russel…
Subsection 3B – Typically Unstable
Subsection 3B Typically Unstable Case 26 Jefferson Burst Fractures of the Atlas Russel Chapin Figure 26.1 A) Axial CT image shows fractures of the right anterior arch (arrowhead) and bilateral…
Section 1 – Normal Variants and Mimickers
Section 1 Normal Variants and Mimickers Cases 1Vascular Channels (Grooves) and Normal Clefts Zoran Rumboldt 2Pars Defects Eytan Raz and Zoran Rumboldt 3Unfused Arches of C1 Russel Chapin 4Ponticulus Posticus…
