CONTRIBUTION OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING IN CERVICAL SPINE TRAUMA

● Morbidity and mortality resulting from cervical spine injury depend on the mechanism of its level . They are higher in case levels injury, craniocervical junction injuries have highest mortality. ● The fracture predictivity standard radiograph is low when severity high, MDCT has replaced radiography as initial imaging modality with much sensitivity to evaluate suspected injuries.● Multidetector CT provides a faster more comprehensive display spinal anatomy than does radiography.● CT was used problem-solving tool for inadequately shown segments spine, typically cervicothoracic junctions.● Protocols that based whole allow multiplanar display, two three dimensional reformats by using reformatted images axial data set. ● Previously, most commonly classifications fractures were those Allen-Ferguson (68) AO. More recently, SLIC classification (69) added neurological status another factor consider.