Visualizing patterns of intervertebral disc damage with dual-energy computed tomography: assessment of diagnostic accuracy in an ex vivo spine biophantom.

Background: Previously, dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) has been established for imaging spinal fractures as an alternative modality to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Purpose: To analyze the diagnostic accuracy of DECT in visualizing intervertebral disc (IVD) damage.

Material And Methods: The lumbar spine of a Great Dane dog was used as an ex vivo biophantom.

The role of body computed tomography in hospitalized patients with obscure infection: Retrospective consecutive cohort study.

Objective: Patients with severe infection or sepsis require fast identification of the focus and prompt eradication. This study aims at investigating the role of body computed tomography (CT) and identifying outcome predictors in a general ward setting of patients with obscure infection.

Methods: We retrospectively identified 196 consecutive body CTs acquired in 179 patients with obscure infection, i.

Evaluation of long-term functional donor-site morbidity after deep circumflex iliac crest artery bone flap harvest.

Purpose: Free flap surgery can be associated with donor-site morbidity. The purpose of this study was to analyze long-term functional outcomes at the donor site after deep circumflex iliac artery (DCIA) bone flap harvesting.

Methods: Fourteen patients (8 men and 6 women, mean age 53.