Axis fractures

Neurosurgery. 2010 Mar;66(3 Suppl):68-82. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000366118.21964.A8.

Abstract

Background: Traumatic fractures of the second cervical vertebra are common, representing nearly 20% of all acute cervical spinal fracture-dislocation injuries. They are divided into 3 distinct injury patterns: odontoid fractures, hangman's fracture injuries, and fractures of the axis body, involving all other fracture injuries to the C2 vertebra.

Objective: An evidence-based overview of the medical and surgical treatment strategies for each axis fracture injury sub-type.

Results: Current medical and surgical management of traumatic fractures of the axis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Atlanto-Axial Joint / diagnostic imaging
  • Atlanto-Axial Joint / pathology
  • Atlanto-Axial Joint / surgery
  • Axis, Cervical Vertebra / injuries*
  • Axis, Cervical Vertebra / pathology*
  • Axis, Cervical Vertebra / surgery
  • Bone Screws / standards
  • Braces / standards
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Joint Instability / diagnostic imaging
  • Joint Instability / pathology
  • Joint Instability / surgery
  • Odontoid Process / injuries*
  • Odontoid Process / pathology*
  • Odontoid Process / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord Compression / etiology
  • Spinal Cord Compression / physiopathology
  • Spinal Cord Compression / prevention & control
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnosis
  • Spinal Fractures / pathology*
  • Spinal Fractures / surgery
  • Spinal Fusion / methods*
  • Spinal Fusion / standards