Sagittal fracture of the second cervical vertebral body.
We describe a patient with a sagittal fracture of the second cervical vertebral without neurological involvement. The mechanism is likely to be axial compression and lateral displacement. The fracture was treated in a Minerva plaster cast.
Hospital Universitario La Fe, Servicio de Traumatologia y Ortopedia, Valencia, Spain.
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Lozano-Requena
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Pina-Medina
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Aracil-Silvestre
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Torro-Belenguer
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Baixauli-Castella
D000293:Adolescent; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed