Recognition of cervical spine (c-spine) injury is important to minimize the risk of disability. Yet the ideal method to detect injury remains controversial, especially in unexaminable patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of c-spine injury detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with no abnormalities detected by computerized tomography (CT) scan and to determine whether the treatment plan was altered.
Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. saranib@uphs.upenn.edu
