Caroline Melhado, Rachelle Durand, Katie W Russell, Natalya E Polukoff, John Rampton, Rajiv R Iyer, Shannon N Acker, Richele Koehler, Connor Prendergast, Nicholas Stence, Brent O'Neill, Benjamin E Padilla, Ramin Jamshidi, Jennifer A Vaughn, Jennifer S Ronecker, Leigh Selesner, Katrine Lofberg, Michael Regner, Jaclyn Thiessen, Christine Sayama, Ryan G Spurrier, Erin E Ross, Chia-Shang Jason Liu, Jason Chu, Kathryn McNevin, Catherine Beni, Bryce R H Robinson, Ken Linnau, Robert T Buckley, Stephanie D Chao, Akanksha Sabapaty, Elizabeth Tong, Laura M Prolo, Romeo Ignacio, Gretchen Floan Sachs, Peter Kruk, David Gonda, Mark Ryan, Samir Pandya, Korgun Koral, Bruno P Braga, Kurtis Auguste, Aaron R Jensen
INTRODUCTION: Clinical clearance of a child's cervical spine after trauma is often challenging due to impaired mental status or an unreliable neurologic examination. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard for excluding ligamentous injury in children but is constrained by long image acquisition times and frequent need for anesthesia. Limited-sequence MRI (LSMRI) is used in evaluating the evolution of traumatic brain injury and may also be useful for cervical spine clearance while potentially avoiding the need for anesthesia...
March 25, 2024: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery