| Objective To analyze the consistency between the admission diagnosis, imaging tests, and pathological diagnosis in patients with pathological fractures of the thoracolumbar spine. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the case data of patients admitted to the Orthopedics Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2022 due to "osteoporotic vertebral fractures". The admission diagnosis, preoperative imaging diagnosis (X-ray, CT, MRI), and postoperative histopathological diagnosis results of the patients were collected. Analyzed the consistency between admission diagnosis, imaging diagnosis, and postoperative pathological diagnosis. Results A total of 907 patients were included in the study, including 193 males and 714 females, with an average age of 74.92±7.59 years. All patients underwent vertebral biopsy after admission, and postoperative pathological diagnosis was 820 cases (90.4%) of fractures, 34 cases (3.8%) of tumors, and 53 cases (5.8%) of infections. Using postoperative pathological diagnosis results as the gold standard, the accuracy of admission diagnosis was 90.4%, with strong consistency (Kappa=0.673); the sensitivity of X-ray in detecting osteoporotic fractures was 98.6%, the specificity was 73.7%, the accuracy was 96.2%, the positive predictive value was 97.2%, and the negative predictive value was 84.8%, with a strong consistency (Kappa=0.768); the sensitivity of CT in detecting osteoporotic fractures was 96.5%, the specificity was 84.4%, the accuracy was 95.1%, the positive predictive value was 97.9%, and the negative predictive value was 76.1%, with a strong consistency (Kappa=0.772); the sensitivity of MRI in detecting osteoporotic fractures was 98.2%, the specificity was 81.8%, the accuracy was 97.1%, the positive predictive value was 98.7%, and the negative predictive value was 76.3%, with a strong consistency (Kappa=0.774). Conclusion In elderly patients with pathological fractures of thoracolumbar vertebra, there was a certain misdiagnosis rate in the admission diagnosis, and the preoperative MRI examination had the highest diagnostic accuracy and the best consistency with the postoperative pathological diagnosis. |