Spiral CT is a fast and effective modality for evaluating a wide variety of musculoskeletal abnormalities in the emergency department setting. The role of spiral CT in evaluating musculoskeletal trauma and musculoskeletal inflammation and infections is discussed, as is the use of multiplanar and three-dimensional imaging.
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Pretorius et al. (1999) studied this question.