التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
C1-C2 fractures in asymptomatic elderly patients with minor head trauma: evaluation with a dedicated head CT protocol |
| المؤلفون: |
Squarza, Silvia, Uggetti, Carla Luisa, Politi, Marco Angelo, Pescatori, Lorenzo Carlo, Bisogno, Raffaele, Campi, Adriana, Reganati, Paolo, Cariati, Maurizio |
| المصدر: |
Radiologia Brasileira. February 2019 52(1) |
| بيانات النشر: |
Publicação do Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: |
2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Craniocerebral trauma, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Spinal injuries/diagnosis, Cervical vertebrae/injuries, Tomography, X-ray computed. |
| الوصف: |
Objective: To evaluate the frequency and types of upper cervical spine injuries in asymptomatic elderly patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) for the investigation of minor head trauma. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study of 2613 asymptomatic elderly patients with minor head trauma seen between January 2015 and December 2016. We adopted a dedicated head CT protocol that included the C1-C2 region. Results: Of the 2613 patients analyzed, 33 (1.26%) had upper cervical spine injuries, corresponding to 8.37% of the 394 patients with trauma-related findings. Of those 33 patients, 6 had C1 fractures and 27 had C2 fractures. The use of 16- and 128-slice scanners increased the CT dose by 25.0% and 23.7%, respectively. Conclusion: Inclusion of the C1-C2 region in head CT scans allowed us to identify upper cervical spine injuries in 1.26% of asymptomatic elderly patients with minor head trauma. The protocol evaluated helps detect potentially life-threatening injuries and could be adopted for routine use in elderly individuals with minor head trauma. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article |
| وصف الملف: |
text/html |
| اللغة: |
English |
| تدمد: |
0100-3984 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/0100-3984.2017.0154 |
| URL الوصول: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-39842019000100017 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edssci.S0100.39842019000100017 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
SciELO |
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