OBJECTIVES: To assess the relationship and incidence of cervical spine injuries in @entity1 with @entity174 and to recommend an organized approach to cervical spine evaluation in these @entity1 . DESIGN: A retrospective review of medical records of all @entity1 with @entity174 at a level I @entity130 hospital from 1984 through 1993. @entity1 demographics, injury, mechanism of injury, associated symptoms, physical presentation, and adjuvant radiographic evaluations were recorded. SETTING: Level I, 1000-bed, urban @entity130 center in Atlanta, Ga. RESULTS: A total of 1382 @entity1 with @entity174 were examined during the 10-year period of review. Cervical spine radiographs were obtained on 501 (36.3%) of these @entity1 . From these radiographs, only 8 cervical spine fractures were found. All of the @entity1 with cervical spine injuries (n = 8) had other associated @entity11253 (n = 4), were involved in a motor vehicle accident (n = 7), or sustained gunshot wounds (n = 1). CONCLUSIONS: Judicious use of cervical spine radiographs in the appropriate setting of mandibular @entity130 is beneficial. However, clinical criteria should dictate rational use of radiographs, since the association between cervical spine injuries and mandibular @entity130 is rare and predictable.

@entity174 and associated cervical spine XXXX , a rare and predictable injury. Protocol for cervical spine evaluation and review of 1382 cases.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'Patient'] @entity11253 :: ('MESH:D008446', 'Disease') :: ['maxillofacial injuries'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['mandibular fractures']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['fracture']
