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Radiological Evaluation of Cervical Spine Traumas

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CT imaging of the cervical spine is the examination of choice in the acute setting of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). It is readily available, fast, offers full body investigation with detailed imaging including imaging of bones with reconstruction in all planes and allows close observation of the patient.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Noerrebrogade, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Helle Wulf Eskildsen, Anna Tietze & Vibeke Fink-Jensen

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  1. , Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Liesvei 65, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Terje Sundstrom

  2. , Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive, Lund University Hospital, Getingevägen 4, Lund, 22185, Sweden

    Per-Olof Grände

  3. Dept. Neuroanaesthesia & Neurosurgery, Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Niels Juul

  4. , Department of Neurosurgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrograde 44, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Carsten Kock-Jensen

  5. , Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bledgamsvej 9, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

    Bertil Romner

  6. , Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Jonas Liesvei, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Knut Wester

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Eskildsen, H.W., Tietze, A., Fink-Jensen, V. (2012). Radiological Evaluation of Cervical Spine Traumas. In: Sundstrom, T., Grände, PO., Juul, N., Kock-Jensen, C., Romner, B., Wester, K. (eds) Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28126-6_13

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