From: Conservative treatment of a comminuted cervical fracture in a racehorse
Type I | An oblique fracture line through the upper part of the odontoid process representing an avulsion fracture |
Type II | A fracture at the junction between the odontoid process and the body of the axis |
Type IIA | Similar to type II but with fragments of bone present at the fracture site |
Type III | A fracture that extends down into the cancellous bone of the body of the axis and, in reality, is a fracture of the body of C2 |