| Summary: | Describes and illustrates the radiographic aspects of acute cervical spine trauma, presenting concepts that reflect the consensus of an extensive review of the literature. The new edition gives major emphsais to the role of MR imaging as part of the acute evaluation of patients with cervical myelopathy and/or primarily ligamentous injuries. Coverage includes the normal cervical spine, normal variants and artifacts that may simulate acute injury, mechanistic classification of acute cervical spine injuries, and injuries of hyperflexion, vertical compression, rotation, hyperextension, lateral flextion, and of diverse origins. Nicely produced, with clear, high- quality reproductions of radiographs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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