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ArticleActa neurochirurgica2020

Occurrence and prognostic effect of cervical spine injuries and cervical artery injuries with concomitant severe head injury.

Juho Vehviläinen, Tuomas Brinck, Matias Lindfors, Jussi Numminen, Jari Siironen, Rahul Raj

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Article in Acta neurochirurgica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Juho VehviläinenDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5, PO. Box 266, 00029, Helsinki, Finland.
Tuomas BrinckDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Matias LindforsDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5, PO. Box 266, 00029, Helsinki, Finland.
Jussi NumminenDepartment of Radiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Jari SiironenDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5, PO. Box 266, 00029, Helsinki, Finland.
Rahul RajDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5, PO. Box 266, 00029, Helsinki, Finland. Rahul.raj@hus.fi.
Helsinki University Hospital · FIUniversity of Helsinki · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBlunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVIs) and cervical spinal injuries (CSIs) are not uncommon injuries in patients with severe head injury and may affect patient recovery. We aimed to assess the independent relationship between BCVI, CSI, and outcome in patients with severe head injury.

methodsWe identified patients with severe head injury from the Helsinki Trauma Registry treated during 2015-2017 in a large level 1 trauma hospital. We assessed the association between BCVI and SCI using multivariable logistic regression, adjusting for injury severity. Our primary outcome was functional outcome at 6 months, and our secondary outcome was 6-month mortality.

resultsOf 255 patients with a cervical spine CT, 26 patients (10%) had a CSI, and of 194 patients with cervical CT angiography, 16 patients (8%) had a BCVI. Four of the 16 BCVI patients had a BCVI-related brain infarction, and four of the CSI patients had some form of spinal cord injury. After adjusting for injury severity in multivariable logistic regression analysis, BCVI associated with poor functional outcome (odds ratio [OR] = 6.0, 95% CI [confidence intervals] = 1.4-26.5) and mortality (OR = 7.9, 95% CI 2.0-31.4). We did not find any association between CSI and outcome.

conclusionsWe found that BCVI with concomitant head injury was an independent predictor of poor outcome in patients with severe head injury, but we found no association between CSI and outcome after severe head injury. Whether the association between BCVI and poor outcome is an indirect marker of a more severe injury or a result of treatment needs further investigations.

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AdultCerebrovascular TraumaCraniocerebral TraumaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeck InjuriesVascular System InjuriesWounds, NonpenetratingBlunt cerebrovascular injuryCervical spine injuryCervical traumaHead injuryTraumatic brain injury

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PMID32157398
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