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Lint: odontoid-process-fractures

Colons
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"type I: Avulsion fracture of the upper dens; usually stable"

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"type II: Transverse fracture of the base of dens; unstable"

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"type III: Fracture at the body of C2"

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Acronyms
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"AO Spine classification of upper cervical injuries: not specific to the dens, but rather bony and ligamentous injuries involving the occipital condyles, atlas (C1), or axis (C2)"

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List Caps
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"Mach effect"

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Semicolons
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"type I: Avulsion fracture of the upper dens; usually stable"

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"type II: Transverse fracture of the base of dens; unstable"

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