Concomitant cervical spine fractures are the primary driver of disability after traumatic vertebral artery dissection: A Case series of 123 patients

Conclusion: tVADs may be associated with stroke and/or cervical fracture. Presenting symptoms predict stroke, but baseline demographic and clinical characteristics do not. Comorbid cervical fractures, not stroke, drive negative outcomes

Source: Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine - December 7, 2022 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Michael Brendan Cloney Anastasios G Roumeliotis Hooman A Azad Nikil Prasad Nathan A Shlobin Benjamin S Hopkins Babak S Jahromi Matthew B Potts Nader S Dahdaleh Source Type: research