Blunt cerebrovascular injury incidence, stroke-rate, and mortality with the expanded Denver criteria

Blunt carotid and vertebral artery injury, collectively termed blunt cerebrovascular injury occur in less than 1% of blunt traumas. Conventional indications for screening miss up to 20% of blunt cerebrovascular injuries. Therefore, the expanded Denver criteria were created in 2012. We hypothesized the introduction of the expanded Denver criteria would lead to an increase in the national detection of blunt cerebrovascular injury with a subsequent decrease in stroke rate.

Source: Surgery - June 5, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Areg Grigorian, Nii-Kabu Kabutey, Sebastian Schubl, Christian de Virgilio, Victor Joe, Matthew Dolich, Dawn Elfenbein, Jeffry Nahmias Source Type: research