TY - JOUR
T1 - Congenital spine deformities
T2 - A new screening indication for blunt cerebrovascular injuries after cervical trauma?
AU - Capone, Christine
AU - Burjonrappa, Sathyaprasad
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Blunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVI) carry significant morbidity if not diagnosed and treated early. A high index of clinical suspicion is needed to recognize the injury patterns associated with this condition and to order the requisite imaging studies needed to diagnose it accurately. We report of BCVI associated with a congenital cervical spine malformation after blunt trauma. We recommend inclusion of cervical spine malformations to the current Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma screening criteria for BCVI and explain our rationale for the same.
AB - Blunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVI) carry significant morbidity if not diagnosed and treated early. A high index of clinical suspicion is needed to recognize the injury patterns associated with this condition and to order the requisite imaging studies needed to diagnose it accurately. We report of BCVI associated with a congenital cervical spine malformation after blunt trauma. We recommend inclusion of cervical spine malformations to the current Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma screening criteria for BCVI and explain our rationale for the same.
KW - Blunt cerebrovascular injuries
KW - Carotid dissection
KW - Cervical trauma
KW - Congenital spine deformity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.08.065
DO - 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.08.065
M3 - Article
C2 - 21129564
AN - SCOPUS:78649725021
SN - 0022-3468
VL - 45
SP - 2444
EP - 2446
JO - Journal of Pediatric Surgery
JF - Journal of Pediatric Surgery
IS - 12
ER -