Cervical Disc and Ligamentous Injury in Hyperextension Trauma: MRI and Intraoperative Correlation

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To identify and evaluate diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features in patients with suspicion of discoligamentous cervical injury after hyperextension trauma of the cervical spine. METHODS MR images with a standard protocol (1.5 T, including sagittal T2‐weighted images and short tau inversion recovery [STIR]) in 21 patients without any sign of fracture or instability on multidetector computed tomography of the...