AIM:To assess radiologists reporting rates of incidental vertebral compression fractures in imaging studies. METHODS:We performed a review of the current literature on the prevalence and reporting rates of incidental ...AIM:To assess radiologists reporting rates of incidental vertebral compression fractures in imaging studies. METHODS:We performed a review of the current literature on the prevalence and reporting rates of incidental vertebral compression fractures in radiologic examinations. RESULTS:The bibliographic search revealed 12 studies:7 studies using conventional radiology and 5 using multidetector computed tomography(MDCT).The lossof height cut-off to define a vertebral fracture varied from 15%to 25%.Fracture prevalence was high (mean 21.1%;range 9.5%-35%)in both radiographic and MDCT studies(mean 21.6%and 20.2%,respectively).Reporting rates were low with a mean value of 27.4%(range 0%-66.3%)and were significantly lower in MDCT than in radiographic studies(mean 8.1%vs 41.1%).Notably,recent studies showed lower reporting rates than older studies. CONCLUSION:Many scientific studies have confirmed a high prevalence of vertebral compression fractures as incidental findings on imaging studies.However,the underreporting of these fractures,as determined in our study,may negatively affect patient care.展开更多
文摘AIM:To assess radiologists reporting rates of incidental vertebral compression fractures in imaging studies. METHODS:We performed a review of the current literature on the prevalence and reporting rates of incidental vertebral compression fractures in radiologic examinations. RESULTS:The bibliographic search revealed 12 studies:7 studies using conventional radiology and 5 using multidetector computed tomography(MDCT).The lossof height cut-off to define a vertebral fracture varied from 15%to 25%.Fracture prevalence was high (mean 21.1%;range 9.5%-35%)in both radiographic and MDCT studies(mean 21.6%and 20.2%,respectively).Reporting rates were low with a mean value of 27.4%(range 0%-66.3%)and were significantly lower in MDCT than in radiographic studies(mean 8.1%vs 41.1%).Notably,recent studies showed lower reporting rates than older studies. CONCLUSION:Many scientific studies have confirmed a high prevalence of vertebral compression fractures as incidental findings on imaging studies.However,the underreporting of these fractures,as determined in our study,may negatively affect patient care.
