The utility of whole spine survey MRI in blunt trauma patients sustaining single level or contiguous spinal fractures

To determine the utility of obtaining whole-spine survey MRI after a whole-spine CT diagnoses single level or contiguous fractures. A retrospective search from 2015 to 2017 was performed using an institutional PACS database for consecutive patients who sustained spinal fractures from blunt injury. Only patients who received whole-spine CT followed by whole-spine MRI were included in the study. All cases had sagittal T2-weighted and Short TI...