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Cervical spine injuries in patients with facial fractures: a 1-year prospective study
J C Beirne1, P E Butler, F A Brady
1Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
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.