title: [Diagnosis of cervical spine injuries].
abstract: The use of clinical exclusion criteria in cervical spine injuries has increased in the 2000's. By applying these criteria an injury can be excluded in as many as one fifth of the patients. CT scanning has become the primary method of diagnostic imaging for cervical spine injuries. It is highly reliable, and interpretation of the images is easier than in other methods of imaging. Radiography still remains a valid method and may during monitoring indirectly reveal ligament injuries remaining undetected in CT scanning. MRI is good in the assessment of the extent of ligament injuries, in the evaluation of intervertebral disk damages and especially nerve entrapment and spinal cord injuries.
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koivikko
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*