Acute Cervical Spine Injuries
HYPERFLEXION
Anterior subluxation (hyperflexion sprain)
Bilateral interfacetal dislocation (BID)
Simple wedge (compression) fracture
Clay Shoveler's (coal shoveler's) fracture
Flexion teardrop fracture
Hyperflexion & Rotation
Unilateral interfacetal dislocation (UID) ("locked" vertebra)
Unilateral interfacetal fracture-dislocation
HYPEREXTENSION
Hyperextension dislocation
Avulsion fracture of the anterior arch of the atlas
Fracture of the posterior arch of atlas
Extension teardrop fracture
Laminar fracture
Traumatic spondylolisthesis ("hangman's" fracture)
Hyperextension fracture-dislocation
Hyperextension & Rotation
Pillar fracture
Pedicolaminar fracture-separation
VERTICAL COMPRESSION
Jefferson bursting fracture, C1
Burst (bursting, dispersion, axial loading) fracture, lower cervical spine
LATERAL FLEXION
Unilateral occipital condylar fracture
Unilateral fracture, lateral mass, C1
Uncinate process fracture
Transverse process fracture
DIVERSE OR IMPRECISELY UNDERSTOOD MECHANISMS
Occipitoatlantal dissociation
Odontoid fractures
Torticollis (atlantoaxial rotary displacement or fixation)
Atlantoaxial rotary dissociation