Pinned broken neck. X-ray of a section through the head and neck of a 61-year-old patient with a fracture of the C1 cervical (neck) vertebra, showing

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Pinned broken neck. X-ray of a section through the head and neck of a 61-year-old patient with a fracture of the C1 cervical (neck) vertebra, showing the intra-axial screw (white, centre) used to fix (reduce) the break.

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