Question
Identify the Trauma
| A. |
Motorcycle accident |
| B. |
Car crash with hyperflexion/hyperextension injury |
| C. |
Fall from height |
| D. |
Hanging with hyperextension of neck |
Show Answer
|
Correct Answer � D Explanation |
 |
Answer D) Hanging with hyperextension of neck
- A hangman’s fracture is the result of hyperextension of the upper cervical spine.
- In a typical hangman’s fracture the pedicles of the axis break symmetrically.
- While in atypical hangman’s fracture, the fracture is in the posterior part of the vertebral body, on one or both sides