Pinned spinal fracture. Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of the skull and cervical (neck) vertebrae of the spine of a 77-year-old patient, showi

---

Pinned spinal fracture. Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of the skull and cervical (neck) vertebrae of the spine of a 77-year-old patient, showing a screw (centre) being used to fix a fracture of the odontoid process of the C2 vertebra.

---

Size: 3879px × 4515px
Photo credit: © ZEPHYR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -ray, -rays, 70s, 77, 77-year-, 77-years-, adult, axis, backbone, black, black--white, body, bone, bones, c2, cervical, condition, dens, diagnosis, diagnostic, disorder, elderly, fixation, fixed, fixing, fracture, fractured, healthcare, human, imaging, implant, implanted, lateral, machine, medical, medicine, monochrome, neck, odontoid, older, orthopaedic, orthopaedics, orthopedic, orthopedics, osteosynthesis, patient, peg, pin, pinned, process, profile, radiography, radiological, radiology, reduced, reducing, reduction, screw, screwed, senior, seventies, side, skull, spinal, spine, vertebra, vertebrae, vertebral, view, white, xray, xrays