The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Dec 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyCervical spinal clearance: A prospective Western Trauma Association Multi-institutional Trial.
For blunt trauma patients who have failed the NEXUS (National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study) low-risk criteria, the adequacy of computed tomography (CT) as the definitive imaging modality for clearance remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the accuracy of CT for the detection of clinically significant cervical spine (C-spine) injury. ⋯ Diagnostic tests, level II.