Open AccessIncidence and outcome analysis of vertebral artery injury in posttraumatic cervical spine
Author(s) -
Tushar Rathod,
Vinayak Garje,
Nandan Marathe,
Shubranshu Mohanty,
Chetan Shende,
Abhinav Jogani,
Abhinav Kumar Srivastava
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_45_20
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , vertebral artery , cervical spine , trauma center , surgery , prospective cohort study , retrospective cohort study , physics , optics
Vertebral artery injury (VAI) after cervical spine trauma often remains undiagnosed. Despite various clinical studies suggesting simultaneous occurrence of VAI with cervical spine trauma, guidelines regarding screening and management of posttraumatic VAI are yet to be formulated. The primary objective of the current study was to formulate a low-cost screening protocol for posttraumatic VAI, thereby reducing the incidence of missed VAI in developing countries.