Editing Cervical fracture (section)

===Rigid braces===
Rigid braces that support the head and chest are also prescribed.<ref>{{URL | http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/314921-overview | Shantanu S Kulkarni, DO and Robert H Meier III, "Spinal Orthotics", '''Medscape Reference'''}}.</ref>  Examples include the Sterno-Occipital Mandibular Immobilization Device (SOMI), Lerman Minerva and Yale types. Special patients, such as very young children or non-cooperative adults, are sometimes still immobilized in medical plaster of paris casts, such as the [[Orthopedic cast#Other casts|Minerva cast]].