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World J Radiol. Sep 28, 2024; 16(9): 398-406
Published online Sep 28, 2024. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v16.i9.398
Radiological findings of February 2023 twin earthquakes-related spine injuries
Ayşenur Bolukçu, Ahmet Gürkan Erdemir, İlkay Sedakat İdilman, Adalet Elçin Yildiz, Gökçen Çoban Çifçi, Mehmet Ruhi Onur, Erhan Akpinar
Ayşenur Bolukçu, Ahmet Gürkan Erdemir, İlkay Sedakat İdilman, Adalet Elçin Yildiz, Gökçen Çoban Çifçi, Mehmet Ruhi Onur, Erhan Akpinar, Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Türkiye
Erhan Akpinar, Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
Author contributions: Bolukçu A designed research and wrote the paper; Erdemir AG performed research and wrote the paper; İdilman IS, Yildiz AE, Çifçi GC contributed figures, analytic tools and analyzed data; Onur MR conceptualized the research; Akpinar E supervised the research.
Institutional review board statement: The study was conducted following the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approval for this retrospective study was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Board (SBA 24/077).
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was not obtained due to the retrospective nature of the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: There is no data to be shared.
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Corresponding author: Ahmet Gürkan Erdemir, MD, Doctor, Instructor, Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, No. 6/1 Adnan Saygun Street, Ankara 06100, Türkiye. a.gurkan.erdemir@gmail.com
Received: May 27, 2024
Revised: August 20, 2024
Accepted: August 28, 2024
Published online: September 28, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: In the classification of damages from the earthquakes in Turkey on February 6, 2023, it was found that the injuries were predominantly crush-related rather than escape-related. Observations revealed that patients frequently sustained damage to the thoracolumbar regions due to prolonged fetal positioning under debris. It was determined that a significant portion of patients with spinal canal injuries had damage consistent with the thoracolumbar junction.