AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The alignment of upper and lower cervical spine is presumed to be closely interrelated and the knowledge of this is mandatory when performing occipito-cervical and upper cervical fusions. The aim of this study was to establish standard values for upper and lower cervical spine alignment in the Indian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five hundred eighteen asymptomatic volu...

The focus of this paper is on the clearance of the cervical spine in those patients who are seriously injured or have the potential to be seriously injured. Specifically excluded from this paper are children. "Whiplash" injury is covered at the end of this paper. Injuries to the cervical spine occur in 2% to 12% ofblunt trauma victims,'" 10% to 20% of patients with serious head injury,5 6 and o...

Upper cervical pain and/or headaches originating from the C0 to C3 segments are pain-states that are commonly encountered in the clinic. The upper cervical spine anatomically and biomechanically differs from the lower cervical spine. Patients with upper cervical disorders fall into two clinical groups: (1) local cervical syndrome; and (2) cervicocephalic syndrome. Symptoms associated with vario...

Pedicle screw instrumentation of the upper cervical spine is rarely performed in trauma surgery because of the risk of damaging neurovascular structures. We report successful treatment of an unstable hangman's fracture with posterior pedicle screw fixation using Iso-C3D fluoroscopy-based computer navigation guidance. Postoperative computed tomographic images confirmed accurate placement of the ...

The aim of this study was to define the influence of whiplash injury on cervical spine stability. The study involved 72 patients who had suffered from sprain injury to cervical spine of 0⁰-III⁰ according to QTF. To verify the results the authors examined the control group whose representatives have never suffered from any cervical spine injury and met all the exclusion criteria. Conventional pl...

Cervical spine injuries can be disastrous. The treatment begins at the accident scene by obtaining an appropriate history, physical examination, and evaluation of the mechanics of the accident. Emergency medical stabilization takes precedence, but the cervical spine should be stabilized until an injury in this area is ruled out. If the patient has suffered a head injury or is violent, cervical ...

The emergency clinician must be aware-that the absence of radiological abnormality reduces the chances of spinal injury but does not exclude it. About 8% of patients have injuries to the cervical spine in more than one place and 15% of patients with cervical injury also have a thoracolumbar injury Make sure all seven cervical vertebrae and the C7/T1 junction are visible. The spinous processes m...

background: the cervical spine is the most vulnerable part of the vertebral column and the rotational movements are the most dangerous movements which may cause damages to cervical spine. a good treatment option for the cervical disc disease is the replacement of a damaged disc with an artificial disc that has shown satisfactory clinical results. methods: the c4 to c6 vertebrae of a normal subj...

STUDY DESIGN Facet joint kinematics and capsular ligament strains were evaluated during simulated whiplash of whole cervical spine specimens with muscle force replication. OBJECTIVES To describe facet joint kinematics, including facet joint compression and facet joint sliding, and quantify peak capsular ligament strain during simulated whiplash. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Clinical studies h...

Figure 1. Cervical spine CT demonstrates normal alignment without fracture in a patient who experienced a minor hyperflexion injury. Each year in the United States and Canada, more than 13 million patients are treated for injuries that put them at risk of injury to the cervical spine. Few of these patients have a cervical spine fracture or other serious injury to the neck. It has been common pr...