Risk factors for vertebral artery injuries in cervical spine trauma

Blunt cerebrovascular injuries (<em>i.e.</em> involvement of carotid and vertebral arteries) are increasingly being recognized in setting of cervical spine trauma/fractures and are associated with high incidence of stroke/morbidity and mortality. The incidence of vertebral artery injurie...

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Main Authors: Nanjundappa S. Harshavardhana, Harshad V. Dabke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Medical Publishing 2014-10-01
Series:Orthopedic Reviews
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/or/article/view/5429