The use of dynamic CT surview for cervical spine clearance in comatose trauma patients: A pilot prospective study

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-346

  Anekstein, Yoram ^a   Jeroukhimov, Igor ^a   Bar Ziv, Yaron ^a   Shalmon, Ehud ^a   Cohen, Nir ^a   Mirovsky, Yigal ^a   Masharawi, Youssef ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Clearance; Computerized tomography; Flexion extension; Surview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SCINTISCANNING; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STELLATE GANGLION;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39149144478     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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