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Is the cervical spine clear? Undetected cervical fractures diagnosed only at autopsy
J F Sweeney1, A S Rosemurgy, S Gill
1Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa.
Annals of Emergency Medicine
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
Undetected cervical-spine injuries are a nemesis to both trauma surgeons and emergency physicians. Radiographic protocols have been developed to avoid missing cervical-spine fractures but are not fail-safe. Three case reports of occult cervical fractures documented at autopsy in the face of normal cervical-spine radiographs and computerized tomography scans are presented.
