| Hangman's fracture | |
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| CT scan of hangman's fracture | |
| Specialty | Orthopedic |
Hangman's fracture is the colloquial name given to a fracture of both pedicles, or partes interarticulares, of the axis vertebra (C2).[1]
- ^ Stahel, Philip F.; Weckbach, Sebastian (2022). "20. Spine fractures". In Pape, Hans-Christoph; Jr, Joseph Borrelli; Moore, Ernest E.; Pfeifer, Roman; Stahel, Philip F. (eds.). Textbook of Polytrauma Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Third ed.). Springer. pp. 245–246. ISBN 978-3-030-95906-7.