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Cervical spine fracture
A fracture or break in the vertebrae or bone in the seven bones of the neck between the skull and upper chest.
Dr. Joe Wilkinson reviewed this
46 year experience in Orthopedic Surgery
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A 34-year old asked:
How to cure cervical spine fracture ?
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I need suggestions on how to help a cervical spine fracture?
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A 36-year old asked:
How do you define cervical spine fracture?
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A member asked:
Do doctors see a lot of patients with cervical spine fracture?
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A 37-year old asked:
Doctor scared my son talking about him having cervical spine fracture. What would you say?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Yesterday while getting a cape put on for a haircut, it was accidentally yanked too hard around my neck causing pain before I sat down.My neck is sore today. Could that force cause a cervical spine fracture?I have health anxiety also.
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A 19-year old female asked:
Neck X-ray what does is mean findings open mouth view is limited by overlying bony structures no fractures or subluxation cervical spine straightening?
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A 19-year old female asked:
What does it mean neck X-ray report. No fractures or subluxation visualized. Cervical spine straightening. No PREVERTEBRAL soft tissue swelling. Open mouth view is limited by overlying bony structures. ?
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A 32-year old asked:
How do you treat a cervical fracture?
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A 42-year old asked:
How can a cervical fracture be diagnosed?
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A 34-year old asked:
What does it mean to have a cervical fracture?
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A 39-year old asked:
What are the symptoms of a cervical fracture?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is a reasonable expectation for a cervical fracture recovery?
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A 47-year old asked:
Does a cervical compression fracture of C7 t1 heal completely?
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A 31-year old asked:
Ibuprofen 800mg okay for cervical fracture?
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A 53-year old female asked:
If the cervical discs have reduced height, would these be classed as compression fractures? If not, what else would they be classed as?
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A 19-year old male asked:
How much force is usually required to fracture a cervical vertabrae? Can it be broken from normal activity or usually is it high velocity accidents?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Fractured C2 Was in hospital for a week. Doc told me today ai can come home. Can I sleep on a pillow in my own bed. I am wearing cervical collar. ?
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A 33-year old female asked:
No acute fracture, reversal of the usual cervical lordosis centered at c4-5. Previous c5-6 acdf without hardware or fracture. There is incomplete oss?
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A 40-year old asked:
Why is a fracture of the spinal cord at the cervical region worse than one in the thoracic region?
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A 38-year old male asked:
I had neck injury fractured C1, C2 and occipital in a roll over car accident not wearing seat belt in August 2021 and had posterior Cervical Fusion on 12/31/21 and now have more pain than prior to the Fusion. do they ever remove the hardware?
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A 58-year old male asked:
Normal? Mild straightening normal cervical lordosis maybe positional. Minimal grade 1 anterolisthesis C3 on C4 and C4 on C5 minimal grade 1 retrolisthesis of C5 on C6. Degenerative change disc ridge complexes C4-5 and C5-6. Dens intact. No fracture.
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A 27-year old female asked:
Cervical neck fracture follow up- what to share with orthopedic surgeon about the incident? Could certain factors prevent medication or treatment?
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A 17-year old male asked:
MRA of the neck check for blood flow to make sure I won't have a stroke. My doctor was worried because I had a cervical fracture. Blood flow was fine.
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A 65-year old female asked:
Will having osteoporosis have an effect on how my cervical fusion heals? Thoracic CT shows osteoporosis at L1 level and it sounds like it's pretty bad. 84 on HU and increased risk of moderate to severe fragility fracture if less than 90 via report?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Mild fractured spine 4 weeks ago still in pain is this normal?
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A 48-year old asked:
My neighbor kid fell out of a tree and now has a fractured spine. What is prognosis?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is the usual cause of compression fractures in the spine?
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A 33-year old asked:
How long is recovery for fractured spine and a cracked skull?
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A 40-year old asked:
Hairline spine fracture. What do you do with that?
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