Comparative effectiveness of using computed tomography alone to exclude cervical spine injuries in obtunded or intubated patients: meta-analysis of 14,327 patients …

DM Panczykowski, ND Tomycz, DO Okonkwo - Journal of neurosurgery, 2011 - thejns.org
… Results of this meta-analysis strongly show that the cervical collar may be removed from …
The results of this meta-analysis emphatically show that the cervical collar may be removed …

Utility of cervical collars following cervical fusion surgery. Does it improve fusion rates or outcomes? A systematic review

I Karikari, Z Ghogawala, AE Ropper, D Yavin, M Gabr… - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
… the use of cervical collars after 1- and 2-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion … collar
use and no collar use after posterior cervical fusions. Given the cost and likely impact of collar

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the clearance of the cervical spine in blunt trauma: a meta-analysis

RD Muchow, DK Resnick, MP Abdel… - Journal of Trauma …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
… In a five-study meta-analysis, the absence of data from a single … this meta-analysis attempted
to overcome this limitation by setting the minimum time for immobilization in a cervical collar

Clearance of the asymptomatic cervical spine: a meta-analysis

PA Anderson, RD Muchow, A Munoz… - … of orthopaedic trauma, 2010 - journals.lww.com
meta-analysis of data regarding appropriate clearance of the asymptomatic cervical spine in
… The goal is to identify an asymptomatic patient group that can safely be cleared of cervical

… techniques vs Macintosh laryngoscopy in patients with cervical spine immobilization: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled …

L Suppan, MR Tramèr, M Niquille… - BJA: British Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… the estimated RR in our sensitivity analysis, the use of a cervical collar was associated with
a … opening was less restricted than when a cervical collar was applied. Likewise, the use of a …

… tomography alone versus computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the identification of occult injuries to the cervical spine: a meta-analysis

AJ Schoenfeld, CM Bono, KJ McGuire… - Journal of Trauma …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
… Eighty-four patients (5% of the entire cohort) required prolonged use of a cervical collar
and 12 patients (1% of the entire cohort) required surgical stabilization. In 86 cases (5.5%), …

Soft-collar use in rehabilitation of whiplash-associated disorders-A systematic review and meta-analysis

SWMP Christensen, MB Rasmussen… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Elsevier
… treatment while one study compared soft-collar use to act-as-… to soft-collar use, confirmed by
meta-analysis (two RCTs with … between groups regarding total cervical range of motion (two …

Conservative management of mechanical neck pain: systematic overview and meta-analysis

PD Aker, AR Gross, CH Goldsmith, P Peloso - Bmj, 1996 - bmj.com
… , cold packs, or cervical collars. The case mix included acute whiplash,33 35 acute36 or
subacute and chronic mechanical disorders,25 and chronic cervical headache.23 All conform to …

Utility of MRI for cervical spine clearance after blunt traumatic injury: a meta-analysis

A Malhotra, X Wu, VB Kalra, HKG Nardini, R Liu… - European …, 2017 - Springer
Cervical collar use or surgery was done as follow-up, but that decision does not seem to …
over time and get better after cervical collar use and if it has any bearing on cervical instability. …

The ability of external immobilizers to restrict movement of the cervical spine: a systematic review

M Holla, JMR Huisman, N Verdonschot, J Goosen… - European Spine …, 2016 - Springer
collars have a poor ability to reduce mobility of the cervical … devices nearly fully restrict
movement of the cervical spine. … None of the studies reported the effect of rigid cervical collars (…