The Role of Surgery in the Management of Spinal Cord Injury

Fracture separations of the lateral mass are not well seen on plane radiographs. On axial cut CT scans typically one fracture line is seen through the lamina and the second through the pedagool. The best answer to this question is, choice 4, posterior instrumented fusion of C4 through C6. Lateral mass-facet fractures are a result of hyper extension, lateral compression, and rotation.