Mechanisms of spinal injury | Stability |
Flexion | |
Anterior wedge fracture | Stable |
Flexion teardrop fracture | Extremely unstable |
Clay shoveler's fracture | Stable |
Subluxation | Potentially unstable |
Bilateral facet dislocation | Always unstable |
Atlanto-occipital dislocation | Unstable |
Anterior atlantoaxial dislocation with or without fracture | Unstable |
Odontoid fracture with lateral displacement | Unstable |
Fracture of transverse process | Stable |
Flexion-rotation | |
Unilateral facet dislocation | Stable |
Rotary atlantoaxial dislocation | Unstable |
Extension | |
Posterior neural arch fracture (C1) | Unstable |
Hangman's fracture (C2) | Unstable |
Extension teardrop fracture | Usually stable in flexion; unstable in extension |
Posterior atlantoaxial dislocation with or without fracture | Unstable |
Vertical compression | |
Burst fracture of vertebral body | Stable |
Jefferson fracture (C1) | Extremely unstable |
Isolated fractures of articular pillar and vertebral body | Stable |
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