Abstract

ROIG FABRE, Esteban  and  GONZALEZ VALCARCEL, Ivón. Lesiones traumáticas del raquis cervical superior. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2003, vol.42, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2945.

An analysis is made about the injuries of the upper cervical rachis. The 30 patients with this type of injury that received attention at the Neurosurgery Service of "General Calixto García" Teaching Hospital from September, 1996, to September, 1999, were included in the study. Sociodemographic, clinical and imgaing features of the patients are described. The predominant symptom was occipitocervical pain and in most of the patients the neurological functioning was intact. The results were discussed and recommendations were made to contribute to a more efficient use of the imaging resources in the diagnosis and treatment of these affections

Keywords : VERTEBRAS CERVICALES [lesiones]; TOMOGRAFÍA; RESONANCIA MAGNETICA NUCLEAR.