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    Computed Tomography Patterns of Cervical Spine Injury among Traumatic Patient Who Underwent Computed Tomography for Cervical Spine at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    (Addis Abeba University, 2020-11) Feleke, Israel; Dr. Debebe, Tequam (MD, Associate Professor of radiology); Dr.Mekonnen, Abebe(MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology)
    ABSTRACT Introduction- Cervical spine injury was defined as a fracture or subluxation of any of cervical vertebrae which are frequently seen in association mostly with injuries secondary to blunt trauma (motor vehicle accidents, falls, sports injuries). The overall impact of SCI on the individual, and also on society at large, therefore depends on a range of factors. However there is shortage information regarding computed tomography pattern of cervical spine injury. Objective: The study was aimed to assess computed tomography pattern of cervical spine injury among traumatic patients who underwent computed tomography for cervical spine injury from March 2019 to March 2020 in Tikur Ambesa Specialized Hospital. Methods: Institutional based retrospective cross sectional study was conducted. The sample size for the study was 209 patient record. A structured data extraction sheet was used for data collection. The collected data was checked for completeness, edited, coded and entered into Epi Data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 20.00 for analysis. Descriptive analyses was done by computing proportions and summary statistics. The information was presented by using table and figures. Result: 209 patient recording was included making response rate of 98.1%. Out of 209 included patient record 164(78.5%) were male. Incidence of cervical spine fracture was 27 (12.9 %%). Incidence of cervical spine fracture is significantly more in male patients when compared to females patients (7:2). The maximum number 13, (48.1%) of fracture is observed in the 16-30 age group. Road traffic accident was the most common mode of trauma 116(55.5%) cases. Conclusion: This study showed numbers of cervical spine fracture cases in the one year. This data demonstrated that most victims in our study are young’s. A male predominance was observed, and car accident were the most frequent trauma mechanism leading to cervical spine fracture. Budget: The total budget which was employed for this study is around 28,000.00 ETB.