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SUBMITTER: Ladny M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7220316 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ladny Michal M Smereka Jacek J Ahuja Sanchit S Szarpak Lukasz L Ruetzler Kurt K Ladny Jerzy Robert JR
Medicine 20200401 16
<h4>Background</h4>There is considerable evidence that prolonged use of cervical collars potentially cause detrimental effects including increase in optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) among healthy volunteers. Different types of cervical collars immobilize cervical spine variably well and may presumably differently influence the venous compression and hence the intracranial pressure. We therefore aimed to evaluate the influence of cervical spine immobilization with 5 different types of cervical ...[more]