What Is the Cervical Spine? Where Is the Cervical Spine Located? A long, flexible column extending through most of your upper body, the spinal column consists of seven bones called vertebrae. The ...
The Canadian C-Spine (cervical-spine) Rule (CCR) and the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) Low-Risk Criteria (NLC) are decision rules to guide the use of cervical-spine ...
1 Department of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to Daniel Kuster, ...
Background: There is uncertainty about the optimal approach to screen for clinically important cervical spine (C-spine) injury following blunt trauma. We conducted a systematic review to investigate ...
Military neck, or cervical kyphosis, is a rare condition that involves an abnormal curvature of the cervical spine, or neck. It can lead to severe disability and reduced quality of life. The natural ...