Indian Journal of Neurotrauma 2015; 12(02): 135-139
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1570452
Original Article
Neurotrauma Society of India

Evaluation of Neck Vessel Injury in Patients with Blunt Trauma to the Cervical Spine

Krishna Kumar G
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab, India
,
Navneet Singla
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab, India
,
Vivek Gupta
2   Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab, India
,
Sunil Kumar Gupta
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab, India
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20. November 2015

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18. Dezember 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Injuries to the neck vessels often go undiagnosed in patients with cervical spinal trauma. In this prospective study, 50 patients of cervical spine injury who were hemodynamically stable were evaluated by CT angiogram for presence or absence of carotid and/or vertebral artery injury. Three (6%) patients were diagnosed to have vertebral artery injury. None of the patients had a carotid artery injury. The clinical presentation and management protocol are discussed.