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lüll Incidence of vertebral artery thrombosis in cervical spine trauma: correlation with severity of spinal cord injury Torina PJ; Flanders AE; Carrino JA; Burns AS; Friedman DP; Harrop JS; Vacarro ARAJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2005[Nov]; 26 (10): 2645-51BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The incidence of blunt traumatic vertebral artery dissection/thrombosis varies widely in published trauma series and is associated with spinal trauma. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of traumatic vertebral artery thrombosis (VAT) in cervically injured patients by using routine MR angiography (MRA) and MR imaging and identify associations with the severity of neurologic injury. METHODS: A retrospective review of 1283 patients with nonpenetrating cervical spine fractures with or without an associated spinal cord injury (SCI) was performed. Imaging consisted of routine cervical MR imaging and 2D time-of-flight MRA of the neck. The cervical injury level, neurologic level of injury, and American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) grade were recorded. RESULTS: In this study, 632 patients met the inclusion criteria, 83 (13%) of whom had VAT on the admission MR imaging/MRA. Fifty-nine percent (49/83) of VAT patients had an associated SCI. VAT was significantly more common in motor-complete patients (ASIA A and B, 20%) than in neurologically intact (ASIA E, 11%) cervical spine-injured patients (P = .019). VAT incidence was not significantly different between motor-incomplete (ASIA C and D, 10%) and neurologically intact (ASIA E, 11%) cervical spine-injured patients (P = .840). CONCLUSION: The absence of neurologic symptoms in a patient with cervical spine fracture does not preclude VAT. VAT associated with cervical spinal injury occurs with similar frequency in both neurologically intact (ASIA E) and motor-incomplete patients (ASIA C and D) but is significantly more common in motor-complete SCI (ASIA A and B).|Adolescent[MESH]|Adult[MESH]|Aged[MESH]|Aged, 80 and over[MESH]|Chi-Square Distribution[MESH]|Child[MESH]|Cohort Studies[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Incidence[MESH]|Injury Severity Score[MESH]|Magnetic Resonance Angiography[MESH]|Magnetic Resonance Imaging[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Middle Aged[MESH]|Movement/physiology[MESH]|Radiography[MESH]|Retrospective Studies[MESH]|Spinal Injuries/*complications/diagnostic imaging[MESH]|Thrombosis/epidemiology/*etiology/physiopathology[MESH]|Vertebral Artery Dissection/epidemiology/etiology/physiopathology[MESH]|Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency/epidemiology/*etiology/physiopathology[MESH] |