2018
Cost-effectiveness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cervical Clearance of Obtunded Blunt Trauma After a Normal Computed Tomographic Finding
Wu X, Malhotra A, Geng B, Kalra VB, Abbed K, Forman HP, Sanelli P. Cost-effectiveness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cervical Clearance of Obtunded Blunt Trauma After a Normal Computed Tomographic Finding. JAMA Surgery 2018, 153: 625-632. PMID: 29541757, PMCID: PMC5875318, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imagingBlunt traumaResonance imagingCervical clearanceNeurologic deficitsTomographic findingsHealth benefitsNational Spinal Cord Injury DatabaseSpinal Cord Injury DatabaseCost of MRISpecificity of MRIUse of MRIPermanent neurologic deficitsGroup of patientsComputed tomographic findingsNegative predictive valueProbabilistic sensitivity analysesCost-effectiveness analysisLower health benefitsCervical CTCT findingsInitial CTNormal CTCervical collarCervical spine
2015
Letter to the Editor regarding “Systematic review of flexion/extension radiography of the cervical spine in trauma patients”
Wu X, Kalra VB, Forman HP, Malhotra A. Letter to the Editor regarding “Systematic review of flexion/extension radiography of the cervical spine in trauma patients”. European Journal Of Radiology 2015, 84: 2686-2687. PMID: 26381447, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research