New research discourages use of advanced vascular imaging in trauma patients

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These severe injuries would raise a strong suspicion of an adjacent vascular injury. Thin white arrows demonstrate a dissection flap in the left vertebral artery. Image courtesy of Clinical Radiology.

Experts argue that the overall incidence of blunt cerebrovascular injury is very low and that symptomatic vascular injuries in these cases are even lower.