Clearing the cervical spine

Ronald W. Lindsey; Zbigniew Gugala

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03694-1_2

Clearing the cervical spine

Ronald W. Lindsey, Zbigniew Gugala

Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

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Clearing the cervical spine is among the highest priorities in the early assessment of trauma patients in emergency centers. Annually, more than ten million patients present to trauma centers in the USA, and in all of these patients, the possibility of cervical spine injury must be considered [34, 43, 60]. However, the actual incidence of cervical spine injury among blunt trauma patients is only 1-3% [77, 80, 81, 96]. Therefore, the need for a concise, yet thorough, approach to cervical spine clearance mandates that efficacious clearing guidelines are established and adhered to.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Spine Trauma
Subtitle of host publication	Surgical Techniques
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	11-31
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Print)	9783642036934
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03694-1_2
State	Published - 2010

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