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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… Click to show full 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:
spine injury;
spine trauma;
trauma;
imaging spine;
injury
Journal Title: Radiologic clinics of North America
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Radiologic clinics of North America
Year Published: 2019
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