Craniocervical junction computed tomography in major head injury patients

BEKTAŞ A. F., KARTAL M., ÇETE Y., ÖZKAYNAK C., KILIÇASLAN İ.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.6, sa.1, ss.7-11, 2006 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7-11
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cervical vertebrae/injuries/radiography, Glasgow Coma Scale, Injury Severity Score, sensitivity and specificity, spinal fractures/radiography, tomography, X-Ray computed, trauma, head
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objectives: Evaluation of the cervical vertebra for injuries in patients who present to the emergency department with blunt head trauma is common practice. The aim of this study was to determine the utility of craniocervical junction CT for the assessment of the upper cervical region in unconscious or intubated patients with severe head injury by comparing injuries identified with this modality to those found by plain 3 view x-ray radiography of the cervical spine. The null hypothesis is: "Plain radiographies are not better than CT for the assessment of the upper cervical region".