Does the Morphology of Foramen Transversarium Fractures Predict Vertebral Artery Injuries?
Podium No: 413 Thursday, February 26, 2009 04:54 PM – 05:00 PM Location: Venetian Hotel Room 3105 Matthew Oetgen, MD Chevy Chase MD Brandon Lawrence, MD New Haven CT James Joseph Yue, MD Guilford CT Moderator(s): Christian Ivan Fras, MD Haverford PA Susan E Stephens, MD Gates Mills OH In examining the morphology of foramen transversarium fractures, we found multilevel foramen fractures and foramen fracture comminution to be associated with increased odds of vertebral artery injury. Risk fractures for vertebral artery injury have been previous reported to include cervical subluxation or dislocations, C1 to C3 fractures, and foramen transversarium fractures. There have been no reports determining if specific foramen transversarium fracture patterns are predictive of vertebral artery injuries. We examined the morphology of foramen transversarium fractures to determine if different patterns of these fractures predicted vertebral artery injury to more specifically identify patterns in which
