Cervical spine injuries in patients with facial fractures: a 1-year prospective study.
A total of 582 consecutive patients with facial fractures were investigated prospectively for evidence of a concomitant cervical spine injury. Of them, 1.04% (6) were found to have a cervical spine injury, all having occurred in road traffic accidents. Only two of the injuries were diagnosable on standard, three-view, plain cervical spine radiographs. Four were diagnosable from computerized tomography scan, while the remaining two required stress views under radiographic screening for definitive diagnosis.
Beirne
J C
JC
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Butler
P E
PE
Brady
F A
FA
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001265:Athletic Injuries; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014754:Violence; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000150:complications*