Imaging of Blunt and Penetrating Craniocervical Arterial Injuries

Both blunt and penetrating craniocervical arterial injuries are potentially devastating, leading to either death or cerebral infarction. In contemporary trauma care, essentially the same imaging tools are used to diagnose each subset of injury. However, given different mechanisms of injury and clinical management approaches, blunt and penetrating cervical injuries merit separate discussion. From here on, the authors will discuss blunt and penetrating cervical vascular injuries and the role of diagnostic imaging in evaluating those patients who may have them.

Source: Seminars in Roentgenology - December 16, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Uttam K. Bodanapally, Clint W. Sliker Source Type: research