Articles: spinal-injuries-diagnostic-imaging.
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Multicenter Study
The Reliability of the AOSpine Thoracolumbar Classification System in Children: Results of a Multicenter Study.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the new AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system is reliable and reproducible when applied to the pediatric population. ⋯ Level III.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Cervical spine clearance in adults following blunt trauma: a national survey across major trauma centres in England.
To assess current practice in cervical spine clearance across major trauma centres in England and review current guidelines. ⋯ Multidetector CT is the preferred initial imaging technique across most major trauma centres in England when blunt cervical spine trauma is suspected. There is widespread reliance on MRI to clear the cervical spine in both alert and obtunded patients, if initial CT imaging is normal and there is no focal neurology on clinical assessment. This calls for greater awareness of the reliability of a high-quality normal multidetector CT examination in clearing the cervical spine in the absence of focal neurology.
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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.