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Wirbelsäulentrauma

Who is who revisited

Spinal trauma

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Eine ideale Klassifikation des Wirbelsäulentraumas gibt es bis heute nicht, v. a., da sich die Zusammenführung morphologischer, biomechanischer und klinischer Parameter in eine einzige Einteilung bislang als undurchführbar erwies. In der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Radiologie und den chirurgischen Fächern haben sich nur einzelne Klassifikationen von Verletzungsmustern als sinnvoll herausgestellt, um rasche und sichere Therapieentscheidungen zu treffen. Viele Wertungssysteme sind aufgrund ihrer Komplexität nicht uneingeschränkt praxistauglich, etwa die von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) übernommene Magerl-Klassifikation. Nicht zuletzt deshalb haben in der Traumatologie der Wirbelsäule Eigennamen und Synonyme einen großen Stellenwert, vergleichbar mit jenen der Extremitätenverletzungen. Alle Mitglieder eines Traumateams sollten sich der Definition der verwendeten Begriffe sowie der Stärken und Schwächen der bestehenden Klassifikationen des Wirbelsäulentraumas bewusst sein.

Abstract

The ideal classification of spinal trauma does not yet exist, primarily because the combination of morphological, biomechanical and clinical parameters in one single nomenclature has proved impossible. For radiologists and surgeons who work closely together, only a few classifications of injury patterns have been shown to be useful enough to provide rapid and stable therapy decisions. Many classifications are too complex to be practical for day-to-day practice, such as the Magerl classification, which has been adopted by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO). Not least because of this classification difficulty, eponyms and synonyms are widely used to describe trauma of the spine, comparable to the number of terms used to describe fractures of the upper and lower limbs. The members of trauma teams should be aware of the definitions of these terms as well as the strengths and limitations of the existing classifications of spinal trauma.

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Schueller, G. „Who is who revisited“. Radiologe 50, 1084–1095 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00117-010-2030-9

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