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Volume 361:636-637 August 6, 2009 Number 6
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Spinal Injuries in the Sichuan Earthquake

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To the Editor: A magnitude 8.0 earthquake hit the densely populated region of Sichuan, China, on May 12, 2008, causing an estimated 374,643 injuries. By July 23, 2008, a total of 2728 wounded patients had been treated at the nearest major university hospital, which had 4300 beds and was located 92 km away from the epicenter, Wenchuan County.

A total of 13.0 to 15.2% of all patients with earthquake-related trauma who were admitted to the hospital had spinal injuries.1,2 Multidetector-row computed tomography (CT) with multiplanar reformation is a fast and reliable method that can be used to determine the pattern . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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