Cervical spine trauma, particularly at the craniocervical junction, can produce significant morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. Although normative pediatric cervical spine CT measurements have been reported, the accuracy of these measurements for predicting ligamentous injury remains unknown. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of normative pediatric CT measurements for prediction of traumatic ligamentous injury at the craniocervical junction, using MRI as gold standard. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020

Authors: Akbari Yasmin, Kralik Stephen

Keywords: Cervical spine, Trauma, CT