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Multidetector CT of Blunt Cervical Spine Trauma in Adults by David Dreizin; Michael Letzing; Clint W. Sliker; Falgun H. Chokshi; Uttam Bodanapally; Stuart E. Mirvis; Robert M. Quencer; Felipe Munera is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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A number of new developments in cervical spine imaging have transpired since the introduction of 64-section computed tomographic (CT) scanners in 2004. An increasing body of evidence favors the use of multidetector CT as a stand-alone screening test for excluding cervical injuries in polytrauma patients with obtundation. A new grading scale that is based on CT and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings, the cervical spine Subaxial Injury Classification and Scoring (SLIC) system, is gaining acceptance among spine surgeons. Radiographic measurements described for the evaluation of craniocervical distraction injuries are now being reevaluated with the use of multidetector CT. Although most patients with blunt trauma are now treated nonsurgically, evolution in the understanding of spinal stability, as well as the development of new surgical techniques and hardware, has driven management strategies that are increasingly favorable toward surgical intervention. It is therefore essential that radiologists recognize findings that distinguish injuries with ligamentous instability or a high likelihood of nonfusion that require surgical stabilization from those that are classically stable an

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Author

David Dreizin; Michael Letzing; Clint W. Sliker; Falgun H. Chokshi; Uttam Bodanapally; Stuart E. Mirvis; Robert M. Quencer; Felipe Munera

Publisher

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

Published

2014

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)