PMID: 2485627Jan 1, 1989Paper

Computed tomography of bones and joints

Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Medica. Monographia
J Bruna, A Sehr

Abstract

The monograph sums up the problem of CT diagnosis of bones and joints making use of predominantly the authors' own experience based on CT tests of more than 45,000 patients examined at the Department of Radiology, Charles University Medical Faculty of Hygiene teaching hospital in Prague in the years 1980-1988. Specific scans of the skeleton were made in 4,500 patients, mostly for suspicion or closer assessment of neoplasms (43.5%), the radicular lumbosacral syndrome (34.5%), and injuries (12%). The opening chapters sum up basic facts about the principle of computed tomography, the apparatus in use, the evaluation of CT images, CT radiation doses, and the patients' preparation for CT scanning. The use of contrast media is discussed with regard to the possible hazards involved and to the need to hear allergological opinion first. For spinal canal visualization non-ionogenic contrast media are used exclusively. The management of side reactions to contrast medium application is also reviewed. Indications for bone and joint computed tomography now comprise a whole series of traumatological, orthopaedic, oncological, rheumatological, neurological and rehabilitation conditions, each of which is discussed in detail in a separate chapte...Continue Reading

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