Underreporting characteristics of osteoporotic vertebral fracture in back pain clinic patients of a tertiary hospital in China

ConclusionAmong the patients with VCD/VCF, the false negative rate among was 23.9% (17/71), but the missed cases were all minimal or mild grades. One or more VCFs were missed in 32.4% (23/71) of the cases with multiple VCFs. Appropriate severity grading was not reported for most cases.
Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Translation - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research