Ultrasonography is an effective tool for the evaluation of traumatic vertebral artery injuries distal to fourth cervical vertebra in the emergency room.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
; 24(1): 314, 2023 Apr 22.
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| ID: mdl-37087444
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study aimed to determine the feasibility of ultrasonography in the assessment of cervical vertebral artery (VA) injury as an alternative to computed tomography angiography (CTA) in the emergency room.METHODS:
We analyzed 50 VAs from 25 consecutive patients with cervical spine injury that had been admitted to our emergency room. Ultrasonography and CTA were performed to assess the VA in patients with cervical spine injury. We examined the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography compared with CTA.RESULTS:
Among these VAs, six were occluded on CTA. The agreement between ultrasonography and CTA was 98% (49/50) with 0.92 Cohen's Kappa index. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of ultrasonography were 100%, 97.7%, 85.7%, and 100%, respectively. In one case with hypoplastic VA, the detection of flow in the VA by ultrasonography differed from detection by CTA. Meanwhile, there were two cases in which VAs entered at C5 transverse foramen rather than at C6 level. However, ultrasonography could detect the blood flow in these VAs.CONCLUSIONS:
Ultrasonography had a sensitivity of 100% compared with CTA in assessment of the VA. Ultrasonography can be used as an initial screening test for VA injury in the emergency room.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Traumatismos da Coluna Vertebral
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Lesões do Pescoço
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Assunto da revista:
FISIOLOGIA
/
ORTOPEDIA
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão