Pre-therapeutic Value of Emergency Spine MRI in Patients With Thoraco-lumbar Spine Injuries - A Prospective Study.

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Injuries; Spinal Fracture; Wounds and Injuries

Treatments: Procedure: Clinical value of spine MRI in therapeutic management of patients admitted for thoraco-lumbar spine injuries, in addition to ct-scan.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07265310

25Radio02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective is to determine whether the realisation of an emergency spine MRI in addition to CT-scan( Computed Tomography) in patients with thoraco-lumbar spine injuries changes the therapeutic management.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults aged > 18 years old admitted in the emergency department for a thoracolumbar spine trauma, who have undergone a ct scan and a mri of the spine.

Exclusion criteria

• Underlying pathology of the spine, AO spine A0 and AO spine C traumas, neurological symptoms or clinical examination not done for any reason.