Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the clearance of the cervical spine in blunt trauma: a meta-analysis

The Journal of Trauma
Ryan D MuchowPaul Anderson

Abstract

There is a subset of blunt trauma patients that present with symptoms suspicious for cervical spine injury or with unreliable clinical exams whose initial plain radiographs or cervical computed tomography (CT) scan are negative. Uncertainty remains, however, because no gold standard has been established for definitively clearing the cervical spine of injury in this patient cohort. Individual studies have detailed the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in this patient population without conclusive results. Comprehensive database searches were conducted for prospective or retrospective diagnostic studies of blunt trauma patients who were entered into a cervical spine clearance protocol that included MRI. Inclusion criteria were minimum 30 patients with clinically suspicious or unevaluatable cervical spines, clinical follow-up as the gold standard, data reported to allow the collection of true positives, true negatives, false positives, and false negatives, MRI obtained within 72 hours of injury, and plain radiographs that disclosed nothing abnormal of the cervical spine with or without a CT scan that disclosed nothing abnormal. Log odds meta-analysis of the sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive value of...Continue Reading

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