Case Report

A VARIANT OF TYPE IlA HANGMAN’S FRACTURE WITH POSTERIOR ANGULATION RESULTING FROM EXTENSION-DISTRACTION INJURY: CASE REPORT

  • Ercan ÖZER
  • Kemal YÜCESOY
  • Mehmet ŞENOGLU
  • Güven ÇITAK
  • Tansu MERTOL

J Turk Spinal Surg 2002;13(1):25-28

Type IIA Hangman's fracture results from fi-exion-distraction injury and shows severe angu-lation with minimum displacement. In this study, A variant case of type IIA hangman's fracture re-sulting from extension-distraction injury with posterior angulation is presented and discus-sed. Type IIA Hangman's fracture may result from extension-distraction injury and severe an-gulation of C2 may be posterior instead of being anterior as in its original description.

Keywords: Hangman's fracture, extension-distraction injury, type IIA