STANDARD CT X-rays are unreliable for definitively excluding cervical spine trauma as Up to 20% of significant cervical spine fractures may be missed on X-ray. CT is the imaging of choice for all spinal trauma and particularly in multi trauma is often done first before x-rays. We will go into how to assess the CTs […]
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OVERVIEW Assessment on CT should be on all three reconstructed planes. KEY POINT: Make sure you also have the unreconstructed source images to refer to. I find these very useful when I’m not sure if there is a small fracture or not on the thicker (2mm) reconstructed images. MIDLINE SAGITTAL SCAN MIDLINE SAGITTAL
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