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
Objectives To quantify the rate of unstable injuries detected by MRI missed on CT in blunt
cervical spine (CS) trauma patients and assess the utility of MRI in CS clearance. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Carrying water may be a major contributor to disability from musculoskeletal disorders in low income countries: a cross-sectional survey in South Africa …

JA Geere, J Bartram, L Bates, L Danquah… - Journal of global …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The Sustainable Development Goals include commitments to end poverty, and
promote education for all, gender equality, the availability of water and decent work for all …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound diagnosis and therapeutic intervention in the spine

AS Ahmed, R Ramakrishnan… - Journal of spine …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Spine pathology afflicts people across the globe and is responsible for a large portion of
physician visits and healthcare costs. Imaging such as plain radiographs, CT, MRI, and …

Utility of MRI for cervical spine clearance in blunt trauma patients after a negative CT

A Malhotra, D Durand, X Wu, B Geng, K Abbed… - European …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To determine the utility of cervical spine MRI in blunt trauma evaluation for
instability after a negative non-contrast cervical spine CT. Methods A review of medical …

Cervical spine clearance in the traumatically injured patient: is multidetector CT scanning sufficient alone?

BG Chew, C Swartz, MR Quigley, DT Altman… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2013 - thejns.org
Object Clearance of the cervical spine in patients who have sustained trauma remains a
contentious issue. Clinical examination alone is sufficient in neurologically intact patients …

Clinical relevance of magnetic resonance imaging in cervical spine clearance: a prospective study

S Resnick, K Inaba, E Karamanos, M Pham… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A missed cervical spine (CS) injury can have devastating consequences. When
CS injuries cannot be ruled out clinically using the National Emergency X-Radiography …

Cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging in cervical spine clearance of neurologically intact patients with blunt trauma

X Wu, A Malhotra, B Geng, R Liu, K Abbed… - Annals of Emergency …, 2018 - Elsevier
Study objective Use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for cervical clearance after a
negative cervical computed tomography (CT) scan result in alert patients with blunt trauma …

Neurologic evaluation and management of perioperative nerve injury

JC Watson, MA Huntoon - Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 2015 - rapm.bmj.com
Neurologic injury after regional anesthesia or pain medicine procedures is rare.
Postprocedural neurologic deficits may create high levels of anxiety for the patient and …

Injury patterns of the spine following blunt trauma: A per-segment analysis of spinal structures and their detection rates in CT and MRI

LD Gruenewald, V Koch, K Eichler, J Bauer… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Rationale and objectives To provide a detailed analysis of injury patterns of the spine
following blunt trauma and establish the role of supplementary MRI by evaluating …

Computed tomography for clearance of cervical spine injury in the unevaluable patient

JJ Russin, FJ Attenello, AP Amar, CY Liu… - World neurosurgery, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective To review computed tomography (CT) as a stand-alone test for the clearance of
cervical spine injury in the unevaluable patient population. Methods A PubMed database …