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cervical spine fractures
HYPERFLEXION INJURY (46-79%)
HYPEREXTENSION INJURY (20-38%)
FLEXION-ROTATION INJURY (12%)
- unilateral locked facets (stable)
VERTICAL COMPRESSION (12%)
LATERAL FLEXION/SHEARING (4-6%)
- uncinate fracture
- isolated pillar fracture
- transverse process fracture
- lateral vertebral compression
LOCATION (by frequency):
- C2,C6 > C5,C7 > C3,C4 > C1
see:
Yong H. Hahn, MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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