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Data regarding patients with thoracic fractures complicated with BAI are limited. Methods: The authors conducted a prospective, observational, single-center study including patients with thoracic burst fractures. A multivariate logistic regression model was developed to determine the risk factors of aortic injury. Results: In total, 124 patients with burst fractures of the thoracic spine were included. The incidence of BAI was 11.3% (14\/124) in patients with thoracic burst fractures. Among these patients, 11 patients with BAI were missed diagnoses. The main risk factors of BAI were as follows: Injury severity score (OR 1.184; 95% CI, 1.072\u20131.308; p = 0.001), mechanism of injury, such as crush (OR 10.474; 95% CI, 1.905\u201357.579; p = 0.007), flail chest (OR = 4.917; 95% CI, 1.122\u201321.545; p = 0.035), and neurological deficit (OR = 8.299; 95% CI, 0.999\u201368.933; p = 0.05). Conclusions: BAI (incidence 11.3%) is common in patients with burst fractures of the thoracic spine and is an easily missed diagnosis. We must maintain a high suspicion of injury for BAI when patients with thoracic burst fractures present with these high-risk factors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm10225220","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,9]],"date-time":"2021-11-09T21:39:07Z","timestamp":1636493947000},"page":"5220","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Thoracic Spine Fractures with Blunt Aortic Injury: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Characteristics"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2337-5222","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hai","family":"Deng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Trauma Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ting-Xuan","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Class 1901, School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liang-Sheng","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Trauma Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Deng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Trauma Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jia-Liu","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Trauma Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Li-Ming","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Trauma Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Si-Hai","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhao-Hui","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Trauma Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"153","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jemermed.2018.10.032","article-title":"Blunt Thoracolumbar-Spine Trauma Evaluation in the Emergency Department: A Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy for History, Physical Examination, and Imaging","volume":"56","author":"VandenBerg","year":"2019","journal-title":"J. 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