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Table 1 Classification of TIDL

From: Correction loss following short-segment posterior fixation for traumatic thoracolumbar burst fractures related to endplate and intervertebral disc destruction

Grade

T2-weighted MRI

Endplate fracture

Characteristic finding

0

 

None

Intact

1

Hyperintense

None

Edema

2

Hypointense with perifocal hyperintense

None or mild

Disc rupture with intradiscal bleeding

3

Hypointense with perifocal hyperintense

Moderate or severe

Infraction of the disc into vertebral body, annular tears, or infraction without herniation into endplate

  1. TIDL Traumatic intervertebral disc lesion