An observational study in Compression Fracture of Thoracic Vertebral Body and Spinal Compression Fracture, sponsored by National Cheng-Kung University Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-02-11.
Sponsored by National Cheng-Kung University Hospital · Observational
The purpose of this study is to
Patients with multiple compression fractures and in those with chronic fracture, determining which vertebra to treat is frequently difficult. In such patients, the treatment location is commonly determined from findings at imaging, which includes magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, bone scintigraphy, and computed tomography (CT).
The bone marrow edema (BME) in acute/subacute VCFs is useful in determining the vertebra that is to be treated.
MR imaging provides information on anatomic vertebral collapse and the loss of normal T1 high signal intensity from the marrow space of vertebrae with acute fractures. Loss of normal T1 high signal intensity indicates the presence of BME, which is the important sign for the PVP treatment of VCFs.
Dual-energy (DE) CT has been used to create a virtual unenhanced scan by subtracting iodine from contrast agent-enhanced CT examinations.We expect that the same technique can be used to calculate a virtual noncalcium image from an unenhanced image, which makes bone marrow accessible for CT diagnosis.
2,261 studies on the registry are indexed under Fractures, Bone; 325 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 70 is below the median of 100 across 675 observational studies indexed under Fractures, Bone.
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Patients are recruited from Department of Orthopedics between january 2011 and december 2011.
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