The importance of evaluating all seven cervical vertebrae in the trauma patient: A case report
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Tarih
2007
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Turkish Neurosurgical Soc
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
The cervical spine is injured in approximately 3% of major trauma patients and 10% of patients with serious head injury We present a patient in whom an unstable cervical spine, without neurological deficit, resulting from a traffic accident was misdiagnosed as normal in the emergency room. Although cervical spine pain or tenderness and neurological deficit have a sensitivity of 93% for cervical spine injury, asymptomatic patients or patients with mild symptoms can have spine injury. All trauma patients with a complaint of mild neck pain require a standard three-view radiological evaluation of the cervical spine demonstrating all seven vertebrae and the top of first thoracic vertebra even if their neurologic examination is normal.
Açıklama
WOS: 000256792700016
PubMed: 17935035
PubMed: 17935035
Anahtar Kelimeler
spine, cervical injury, radiography, trauma
Kaynak
Turkish Neurosurgery
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N/A
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N/A
Cilt
17
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2
