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'Tear-drop' fractures of the cervical spine - radiological features

Scher, A.T.

South African Medical Journal 61(10): 355-356

1982

ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574
PMID: 7064003
Document Number: 194760
Severe flexion and compression forces applied to the cervical spine may result in a 'tear-drop' fracture of the vertebral body. These are serious injuries because of the high incidence of associated spinal cord involvement and ligamentous damage which renders the spine potentially unstable. The radiological features of these fractures are described and compared with less serious vertebral body 'burst' and compression fractures.

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