الفهرس 
Gross anatomy of the spineOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Spinal injuries are frequently seen in multi-trauma patients and can be devastating injuries, particularly if not identified in a timely manner The spine is susceptible to a variety of stable and unstable injuries. Depending on the mechanism of trauma, injuries in this region are associated with high morbidity and mortality. MDCT and MRI are frequently complementary studies in evaluation the trauma patient who were presented with variety of lesions and injuries. MDCT is able to identify osseous injuries and assess for spine mal alignment in the acute trauma. MRI can further assess injuries in patients with MDCT findings, or assess for occult injury when MDCT is normal.The aim of this study is to assess the role of Multi detector computed tomography (MDCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) in evaluation of spine trauma.The current study included 50 patients, the age range was from20-60 years with the mean age (40.40 ± 19.1), they all were presented with spinal trauma and neurological deficits and were examined with: MDCT, MRI including our MRN technique (FIESTA & STIR) sequences, Most affected with spine injuries were male (27/50 in comparison to females (23/50), road traffic accidents were the most common cause of spinal injuries.All patient were examined by 164 MDCT, allowing examination in axial scan with coronal and sagittal reconstruction,1.5 tesla MRI with thin axial slices and in different planes, MDCT was significantly superior to MRI in diagnosis of posterior element bony fractures.