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Skeletal Fractures
Spine Injuries
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Anatomy
Graduate
01/10/2015

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Term
Clay-Shoveler fracture
Definition

Fracture at C6 or C7 spinous process

STABLE

No neurologic impairment

 

Term
Flexion-Teardrop fracture
Definition

Severe flexion of the cervical spine that causes disruption of posterior ligaments with anterior compression of vertebral body

SPINAL CORD INJURY

Neurologic impairment

Term
Atlantoaxial instability
Definition
Predental space is larger than normal (>3mm for adults, >5mm for children) due to forward movement of C1 on C2 that is usually restricted by the transverse ligament, narrowing the spinal canal
Term
Hangman fracture
Definition
hyperextension injury that results in the fracture of posterior elementas (such as pars interarticularis) of the C2: also displaces C2 anterior to C3
Term
Chance fracture
Definition

Flexion distraction injury: posterior elements fractures such as the pedicles, lamina and transverse/spinous processes

 

Usually T12-L2

Term
Burst fracture
Definition
comminuted vertical fracture through the vertebral body (similar to flexion teardrop, but don't have to damage posterior ligaments)
Term
Anterior compression fracture
Definition
Compression fracture that progresses when not treated and is common in osteoporotic patients
Term
Dens fracture
Definition
Fracture at C2 that can happen at the tip of dens (I), base of odontoid process (II), or through plane that extend through the body of C2 (III-unstable)
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