Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A positive CT angiography of the head and neck does not typically alter surgical treatment for a cervical spine ...

May 6, 2003 — Computed tomography (CT) should replace plain film radiography for imaging suspected cervical spine trauma, according to a presentation on May 6 during the American Roentgen Ray Society ...

To present and discuss the case of a patient who sustained a significant flexion compression injury of the cervical spine with resulting tetraplegia and development of cortical blindness. The ...

If you feel pain in your neck and shoulder, your doctor might want you to get a specific X-ray to see what’s causing the pain. This test is a computed tomography scan or what's more commonly called a ...

Checking children affected from blunt trauma for CSI (cervical spine injury) risk factors could cut unnecessary computed tomography (CT) scans and radiation exposure by half. Checking children ...

The most common reason for a spinal CT scan is to check for injuries after an accident. The exam can help your doctor accurately diagnose potential injuries to this specific area of your spinal column ...

People attending an emergency department with a head injury have a CT cervical spine scan within 1 hour of a risk factor for spinal injury being identified. Head injuries can be fatal or cause ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — Vertebral artery and osseous anomaly at the C1-2 level were existent in patients with normal ...

Study finds identifiable risk factors ED staff can use for evaluation, avoiding over 100,000 unnecessary scans annually. An estimated 8 million children suffer blunt trauma annually, and while ...

What is a CT scan of the cervical spine? CT scan of the cervical spine is a CT scan of the neck. CT scan is an imaging modality which uses special X-ray equipment to produce multiple pictures of the ...