Citation

Sweeney JF, Rosemurgy AS, Gill S, Albrink MH. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1992; 21(10): 1288-1290.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1416317

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.

Language: en