No Benefit for MRI After Normal Cervical CT in Blunt Trauma

For patients with obtunded blunt trauma to the cervical spine, magnetic resonance imaging follow-up appears not to be beneficial after normal cervical computed tomography (CT) findings, reports Neurology Advisor.

Xiao Wu, from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., and colleagues conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis to assess an average patient (aged 40 years) with blunt trauma. The utility and cost-effectiveness of MRI versus no follow-up after normal cervical CT findings were assessed.

Get the full story at Neurology Advisor.