Predictive Value of Computed Tomography Scan for Posterior Ligamentous Complex Injuries in Patients with Thoracolumbar Spinal Fractures.

Background: Thoracolumbar spinal fractures include a range of injuries of various severities from simple apophyseal fractures to neurological injury and complex fractures associated with vertebral dislocation. The treatment of thoracolumbar fractures is challenging, especially due to the difficulty of evaluating the posterior ligamentous complex (PLC). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) scan in predicting PLC injuries in the patients with thoracolumbar spinal fractures referring to the referral center of spinal trauma in the east north of Iran in 2016.