Welcome to The Royal Melbourne Hospital Core Conditions in Emergency Radiology. This module is focussed on spinal trauma and infection.
The following topics will be covered in this module. Click on the topics to access the pre-reading, which should be completed prior to reviewing the cases:
- cervical spine anatomy
- cervical spine fractures
- burst fractures
- Chance fractures
- thoracolumbar spinal fracture - three column concept
- thoracolumbar injury, classification and severity score (TLICS)
- facet joint dislocation
- limbus vertebra
- discitis-osteomyelitis
Once you have completed the pre-reading, please move on to the cases; you will have the opportunity to do additional reading at any time as part of the cases.
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This tutorial has been prepared by:
- Dr Patsy Robertson, consultant radiologist
- Dr Henry Knipe, radiology registrar
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