ReviewEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2011
Blunt traumatic vertebral artery injury: a clinical review.
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- Cervical spine fracture patterns associated with blunt cerebrovascular injuries: A literature review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Pooled it
- Best practice guidelines for blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI).Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2018Pooled it
- The management of vertebral artery injury in anterior cervical spine operation: a systematic review of published cases.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2012Pooled it
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- Epidemiology and Screening of Traumatic Vertebral Artery Injuries at a Large Scandinavian Level 1 Trauma Center.Neurospine · 2025Article
- Iatrogenic vertebral artery injury during central line placement: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- A unique management strategy to bilateral vertebral artery occlusion following cervical trauma: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
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- Endovascular occlusion of vertebro-vertebral arteriovenous fistula using detachable balloons: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Imaging of cerebrovascular complications from blunt skull base trauma.Emergency radiology · 2024Review
- Spontaneous Bilateral Vertebral Artery Dissection as a Rare Cause of Posterior Circulation Stroke in a Young Patient.Cureus · 2024Article
- Vertebral artery injury following combination Jefferson fracture of C1 and Type II odontoid fracture: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Vertebral Artery Injury After Cervical Spine Trauma.Global spine journal · 2024Review
- Bilateral vertebral artery injury leads to brain death following traumatic brain injury: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Vertebral Artery Dissection.BMJ case reports · 2024Article
- Basilar artery occlusion due to vertebral artery injury treated with thrombectomy and distal vertebral artery embolization through the unaffected side.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
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- Coil Embolization for Asymptomatic Low-grade Vertebral Artery Injury which Worsened after Cervical Decompression Surgery: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
- Cerebellar Infarction from a Vertebral Artery Dissection after Blunt Chest Injury: A Case Report.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Blunt traumatic vertebral injury (TVAI) is frequently associated with head and neck injury and is being detected with increasing frequency due to improved imaging of the trauma patient. In a few cases, it can lead to potentially fatal posterior circulation ischaemia There is debate in the literature regarding whether TVAI should be actively screened for and, if so, how. Management of TVAI may be conservative, medical (antiplatelet agents or anticoagulation), endovascular or open surgery. We review the literature concerning the mechanisms and presentation of TVAI following blunt injury and the current screening recommendations. Management strategies proposed are based on the radiological grade and clinical severity of TVAI, where high-grade symptomatic injuries and high-grade injuries in patients where anticoagulation is contraindicated are treated endovascularly and asymptomatic or low-grade injuries are managed with anticoagulation where it is not contraindicated. Follow-up is via CT angiography to assess for resolution of the injury.
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