Kenji Inaba, Saskya Byerly, Lisa D Bush, Matthew J Martin, David T Martin, Kimberly A Peck, Galinos Barmparas, Matthew J Bradley, Joshua P Hazelton, Raul Coimbra, Asad J Choudhry, Carlos V R Brown, Chad G Ball, Jill R Cherry-Bukowiec, Clay Cothren Burlew, Bellal Joseph, Julie Dunn, Christian T Minshall, Matthew M Carrick, Gina M Berg, Demetrios Demetriades
BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: This was a prospective multicenter observational study (September 2013 to March 2015) at 18 North American trauma centers...
December 2016: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery