Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6043973 | World Neurosurgery | 2016 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
This study found that the cervical spine injuries were missed in 9.5% of the cervical spine trauma patients and resulted in a longer hospital stay for all 4 patients and severe disability in 1 patient (25%). The reasons for missed diagnoses in this study were 1) lack of cervical spine radiographic evaluation, 2) inadequate cervical spine radiographs to show the level of injury, 3) poor sensitivity of cervical spine plain radiography, 4) poor physical examination, 5) the presence of a distracting injury, and 6) poor sensitivity of radiographs and computed tomography scans for soft tissue injuries.
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Authors
Agabe Emmy Nkusi, Sévérien Muneza, David Hakizimana, Steven Nshuti, Paulin Munyemana,