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Definition of Hangman's fracture
Hangman's fracture definition - medical term
A broken neck involving a fracture of an upper cervical
vertebra similar to the injury suffered in death by hanging. The fracture always
affects the vertebra called the axis -- the second cervical vertebra (C2) -- with
or without subluxation (slippage) of C2 on C3. A hangman's fracture often causes
death by suffocation, as nearly occurred to the actor/director Christopher Reeves
when he was injured in an equestrian accident.
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