On the possibility of radiophotometric diagnosis of compression fractures of the cervical spine

Difficulties in diagnosing cervical spine injuries are well known. The high percentage of diagnostic errors in this group of patients is due to the complex structure of the cervical spine and the variety of its forms. Little attention is paid to so-called mild, uncomplicated cervical trauma, although sufficient evidence has been accumulated to date indicating the real risk of cervical myelopathy in patients who have suffered relatively mild trauma even without radiologically visible damage to bone structures.