Cervical spine injury is rare in self-inflicted craniofacial gunshot wounds: an institutional review and comparison to the US National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) - McNickle AG, Chestovich PJ, Fraser DR.

BACKGROUND: Cadaveric and older radiographic studies suggest that concurrent cervical spine fractures are rare in gunshot wounds (GSWs) to the head. Despite this knowledge, patients with craniofacial GSWs often arrive with spinal motion restriction (SMR) i...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news