Imaging of Spine Trauma

Mark P Bernstein; Matthew G Young; Alexander B Baxter

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2019.02.007

Imaging of Spine Trauma

Radiol Clin North Am. 2019 Jul;57(4):767-785. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.02.007. Epub 2019 Apr 6.

Authors

Mark P Bernstein¹, Matthew G Young², Alexander B Baxter²

Affiliations

¹ NYU Langone Health/Bellevue Hospital, 660 First Avenue, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: mark.bernstein@nyumc.org.
² NYU Langone Health/Bellevue Hospital, 660 First Avenue, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10016, USA.

PMID: 31076031
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.02.007

Abstract

Every year in North America, approximately 3 million patients are evaluated for spinal injury. Of blunt trauma patients presenting to the emergency department, 3% to 4% will have a cervical spine injury, and up to 18% will suffer a thoracolumbar spine injury. Failure to identify an unstable spine injury can lead to devastating outcomes.

Keywords: Blunt trauma; CT; Spinal injury; Spine fracture.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Spinal Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
Spine / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*