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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Jul 13;17(3):243–250. doi: 10.3171/2012.6.SPINE12122

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Reformatted MRI scan of cervical spine acquired in a 24-year-old man who sustained a flexion teardrop fracture of C-5 vertebral body in an accidental fall. Admission scores were as follows: Injury Severity Score 75, ASIA motor Score 10, and ASIA impairment Grade A. The midsagittal diameters of the spinal canal and spinal cord (Da and da) above the site of injury were 14.2 mm and 8.6 mm, respectively. The midsagittal diameter of the spinal canal, which was equal to the midsagittal diameter of the spinal cord at the injury epicenter, was 6.8 mm (Di and di). The diameters of the spinal canal and spinal cord below the level of injury were 12.3 and 6.5 mm, respectively (Db and db). Calculations indicated that the MCC was 49.6% and the MSCC was 10.5%.