cervical spine fractures

• odontoid fracture
• simple wedge fracture (stable)
• tear drop fracture
• anterior subluxation
• bilateral locked facets (unstable)
• anterior disc space narrowing
• widened interspinous distance
• clay shoveler's fracture

• anteriorly widened disc space
• prevertebral swelling
• tear drop fracture
• neural arch fracture of C1
• subluxation (anterior/posterior)
• hangman's fracture

• unilateral locked facets (stable)

• Jefferson fracture
• burst fracture

• uncinate fracture
• isolated pillar fracture
• transverse process fracture
• lateral vertebral compression

LOCATION (by frequency):

• C2,C6 > C5,C7 > C3,C4 > C1

see:

• atlas fracture
• axis fracture
• unstable fractures

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18