1 A 19-year-old woman was in a motor vehicle accident. She was neurologically intact, but had some neck pain. A sagittal reconstructed cervical computed tomography (CT) scan displays a displaced fracture through the tip of the odontoid (Fig. 1-1). Type I odontoid fracture As presented on a lateral cervical x-ray, reduction and fixation with an odontoid screw was accomplished (Fig. 1-2).
Odontoid Fracture Type I
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