SUBAXIAL (C3 TO C7) FRACTURES-SLIC MORPHOLOGY

SUMMARY

1. No abnormality

2. Simple compression (compression fracture, end-plate disruption, sagittal or coronal plane vertebral fracture)

3. Burst fracture

4. Distraction injury (perched facet, posterior element fracture)

5. Rotation/translation (facet dislocation, tear-drop fracture, advanced compression injury, bilateral pedicle fracture, floating lateral mass

Reference(s)

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Rhoton, A.L. and Congress Of Neurological Surgeons (2003). Rhoton cranial anatomy and surgical approaches. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.