BACKGROUND: Despite progress in diagnosing and managing blunt cerebrovascular injury
(BCVI), controversy remains regarding the appropriate population to screen. A systematic …

Spinal trauma is an important cause of disability worldwide. Injury to the cervical spine (CS)
occurs frequently after major trauma. 5–10% of patients with blunt trauma have a cervical …

BACKGROUND Aggressive screening to diagnose blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI)
results in early treatment, leading to improved outcomes and reduced stroke rates. While …

As computed tomography (CT) technology has evolved, multidetector CT has become an
integral part of the initial assessment of many injured patients, and the spine is easily …

Spinal traumas represent a significant proportion of muscle-skeletal injuries worldwide.
Spinal injuries involve a complex structure with components having different traumatic …

Objective: We sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomographic
angiography (CTA) using 32-channel multidetector computed tomography for blunt …

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the incidence, diagnosis, and
treatment of pediatric blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) at a busy Level 1 trauma center …

BACKGROUND Few injuries have produced as much debate with respect to management
as have blunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVIs). Recent work (American Association for the …

BACKGROUND: Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) was underdiagnosed until the 1990s
when blunt carotid injuries were found to be more common than historically described …

Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) is an often underrecognized injury occurring in the
carotid or vertebral arteries, associated with a risk of ischemic stroke and potential for poor …