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. 2009 Feb 6;18(5):630–653. doi: 10.1007/s00586-008-0879-3

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Type 1 (left) lateral ass fracture-separation; Type 2 (middle) lateral mass burst fracture that can involve one or both facets; Type 3 (right) lateral mass split-fracture, that can involve one or both facets. Differentiation of lateral mass fractures according to Kotani et al. as a modifier to the classification of disco-ligamentous unstable subaxial cervical injuries