Diagnostic Yield of Multidetector Computed Tomography in Patients with Acute Spondylodiscitis.
Rausch VH, Bannas P, Schoen G, Froelich A, Well L, Regier M, Adam G, Henes FO.
Rausch VH, et al. Among authors: bannas p.
Rofo. 2017 Apr;189(4):339-346. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-101864. Epub 2017 Mar 1.
Rofo. 2017.
PMID: 28249310
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Accuracy was higher for CECT (89 %) than for NECT (84 %), however without statistical significance (p = 0.55). MDCT detected 90 % of paravertebral abscesses (34/38), but only 6 % of epidural abscesses (2/36). ...However, MRI is crucial to rule out epidural abscesses, an im …
Accuracy was higher for CECT (89 %) than for NECT (84 %), however without statistical significance (p = 0.55). MDCT detected 90 % of …