Premium
HANGMAN'S FRACTURE: NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT WITH THE HALOCAST
Author(s) -
Pinczewski L.,
Taylor T. K. F.,
Ryan M. D.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02400.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fracture (geology) , outcome (game theory) , surgery , general surgery , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , mathematical economics , engineering
Ten patients with hangman's fracture are reported. The possible mechanisms of injury are reviewed. The different types of hangman's fracture are described as well as their possible mechanisms of production. The uniformly successful outcome of nonoperative management is emphasized.