Epidemiology and Screening of Traumatic Vertebral Artery Injuries at a Large Scandinavian Level 1 Trauma Center
In our level 1 trauma cohort, the incidence of tVAI was 2.2% and stroke rate 0.9%. The NNI rose with universal screening, yet detection rates did not improve. These findings suggest that selective screening based on risk factors may be more efficient than a universal approach. Further research is needed to balance diagnostic accuracy with resource use in trauma care.
Authors
- Victor E. Staartjes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-2098)
- Victor Gabriel El-Hajj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9479-761X)
- Mats O. Beckman
- Basel Musmar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4910-6090)
- Marcus Ohlsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1577-5509)
- Erik Edström
- Ihab Ahmad Al-Rikabi
- Adrian Elmi-Terander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3776-6136)
- Dennis Troung
- Joana M Roy
- Pascal Jabbour
- Paulina Cewe
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Örebro University (SE)
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (US)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurospine
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14245/ns.2551070.535
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01