====== Cervical spine injury classification ======

[[Cervical spine injury]] classification systems should be simple, easy to relate and remember reliable guide for surgical planning, and predictor of outcome in clinical settings. 

[[Cervical spine fracture]]s can be described based on the level involved and typically divided into three groups: 

[[Atlas fracture]], [[Axis fracture]] and the [[subaxial cervical spine injury]] (C3 to C7)
((McMordie JH, Gillis CC. Fracture, Cervical. 2017 Aug 18. StatPearls
[Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2017 Jun-. Available
from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448129/
PubMed PMID: 28846229.
)).

[[Occipitoatlantoaxial injury]]

[[Atlanto-axial subluxation]]

Combination C1 C2 injury

[[Subaxial cervical spine fracture]] 

Sports-related [[cervical spine injury]].

[[Upper cervical spine fracture]]


see [[Cervical spinal cord injury]].



Clinically significant [[cervical]] [[spine injury]] caused as a result of penetrating trauma are rare. 

see [[Penetrating neck trauma]].

===== Pediatric cervical spine injury =====


see [[Pediatric cervical spine injury]].

===== Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Classification =====

[[Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Classification]].

===== Upper Cervical Injury Classification System =====
[[AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification System]].
===== Subaxial Injury Classification and Severity Scale =====
[[Subaxial Injury Classification and Severity Scale]].