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    AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury

    Classification System
    I. Occipital Condyle and II. C1 Ring and C1-2 Joint III. C2 and C2-3 Joint
    Craniocervical junction

    Type A  Isolated bony injury (condyle) Type A  Isolated bony only (arch) Type A Bony injury only without ligamentous,
    tension band, discal injury

    Type B Non-displaced ligamentous injury Type B Ligamentous injury Type B Tension band / Ligamentous injury
    (craniocervical) (transverse atlantal ligament) with or without bony injury

    Type C Any injury with displacement Type C Atlantoaxial instability / Type C Any injury that leads to vertebral body
    on spinal imaging Translation in any plane translation in any directional plane

    Upper Cervical Spine Fractures Overview Neurology Modifiers Classification Nomenclature


    Type Neurological Type Description
    I. Occipital condyle II. C1 ring and C1-2 III. C2 and C2-3 Atlanto-occipital dissociation with a
    and occipital cervical N0 Neurology intact complete spinal cord injury.
    joint complex injuries joint complex injuries Injuries at High Risk of Non-
    joint complex injuries M1
    Union with Nonoperative Tx
    N1 Transient neurologic deficit

    Type A Type B Type C


    N2 Radicular symptoms M2
    Injury with significant potential
    for instability
    OC Type C , N4
    Bony injury only Tension band/ Translation injury Incomplete spinal cord injury or
    N3
    any degree of cauda equina injury
    • Without ligamentous injury • Any injury with
    Patient Specific Factors Neurologic
    significant • With or without bony injury significant translation N4 Complete spinal cord injury M3
    Affecting Tx
    Primary
    ligamentous, • No complete separation of in any directional injury status and
    tension band, plane and separation NX Cannot be examined modifiers
    anatomic integrity
    Vascular Injury or Abnormality
    discal injury • Stable or unstable depen­ of anatomic integrity M4
    + Continued spinal cord compression Affecting Tx
    • Stable injuries ding on injury specifics • Unstable injuries

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