Posterior thoracic skeletal structures involved in upper instrumented vertebra exposure andanchor placement were found to contribute to adjacent segment flexion stiffness. Although stiffness loss was small after individual procedures, the effects were additive for routinely used combinations.
There is moderate to substantial agreement on most MRI BI-RADS lesion morphology descriptors, particularly mass and nonmass enhancement features, which are important predictors of malignancy. Considerable disagreement remains, however, among experienced readers whether to follow particular findings.
MRI BI-RADS category 3 is not frequently used, and the levels of patient compliance with follow-up imaging are acceptable. The cancer yield for probably benign lesions is greater for MRI-detected than for mammographically detected lesions, especially for specific BI-RADS descriptors.
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