Citation

Beirne JC, Butler PE, Brady FA. Int. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 1995; 24(1 Pt 1): 26-29.

Affiliation

Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7782637

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.

Language: en