In an examination of 100 consecutive patients with acute spine trauma, data analysis showed only MRI parameters had consistently optimal cutoff points to distinguish between acute spine trauma patients without spinal cord injury and patients with incomplete spinal cord injury, as well as patients with complete or incomplete spinal cord injury.
There were no significant differences regarding the MRI-maximum canal compromise and the maximum spinal cord compression among the levels.
Read the abstract about MRI for patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries.
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