Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become the gold standard for imaging neurological
tissues including the spinal cord. The use of MRI for imaging in the acute management of …

BACKGROUND With the use of the framework advocated by the Grading of
Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group, our …

Background: Injury to the cervical spine (CS) is common after major trauma. The Eastern
Association for the Surgery of Trauma first published its Practice Management Guidelines for …

Object Diagnosis of cervical spinal injury (CSI) is an essential aspect of the trauma
evaluation. This task is especially difficult in patients who are not clinically able to be …

• In the awake, asymptomatic patient who is without neck pain or tenderness, who has a
normal neurological examination, is without an injury detracting from an accurate evaluation …

Object The current standard of practice for clearance of the cervical spine in obtunded
patients suffering blunt trauma is to use CT and an adjuvant imaging modality (such as MR …

Background: Ruling out injuries of the cervical spine in obtunded blunt trauma patients is
controversial. Although computed tomography (CT) readily demonstrates fractures and …

Background: Cervical (C)-spine clearance protocols exist both to identify traumatic injury
and to expedite rigid collar removal. Computed tomography (CT) of the C-spine in trauma …

Injuries to the cervical and thoracolumbar spine are commonly encountered in trauma
patients presenting for treatment. Cervical spine injuries occur in 3% to 4% and …

• The Subaxial Injury Classification (SLIC) and severity scale is recommended as a
classification system for spinal cord injury. This system includes morphological, ligamentous …