title: Quantifying comminution as a measurement of severity of articular injury.
abstract: The severity of articular injury caused by a fracture of periarticular bone impacts patient prognosis. There currently are not good, objective methods for grading articular injury severity. Quantification of bone comminution from fracture image data, which has been possible in laboratory studies, may be a promising route. We show that tibial pilon fractures can be discriminated on the basis of de novo surface-apparent energy absorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beardsley
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*