Editing Cervical fracture (section)

===Surgery indication===
The indication to surgically stabilize a cervical fracture can be estimated from the ''Subaxial Injury Classification'' (SLIC). In this system, a score of 3 or less indicates that [[conservative management]] is appropriate, a score of 5 or more indicates that surgery is needed, and a score of 4 is equivocal.<ref name=Brockmeyer2016>[https://books.google.com/books?id=r_gTDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 Page 94] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=r_gTDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 Page 126] in: {{cite book|title=Adult and Pediatric Spine Trauma, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America|volume=28|issue=1|author=Douglas L. Brockmeyer, Andrew T. Dailey|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|year=2016|isbn=9780323482844}}</ref> The score is the sum from 3 different categories: morphology, discs and ligaments, and neurology:<ref name=Brockmeyer2016/>

{|class="wikitable"
|+SLIC system<ref name=Brockmeyer2016/>
! colspan=2 style="text-align:right"| Points
|-
!colspan=2|Morphology
|-
| No abnormality || 0
|-
| [[Vertebral compression fracture|Vertebral compression]] || 1
|-
| [[Burst fracture|Burst]] || +1 (=2)
|-
| Distraction (facet joint perch, hyperextension) || 3
|-
| Rotation / translation (facet joint dislocation, unstable [[Flexion teardrop fracture|teardrop]], advanced flexion-compression || 4
|-
!colspan=2| [[Intervertebral disc|Discs]] and ligaments
|-
| Intact || 0
|-
| Indeterminate (isolated widening between [[spinous process]]es, [[magnetic resonance imaging|magnetic resonance]] change) || 1
|-
| Disrupted (widened disc space, facet perch, dislocation) || 2
|-
!colspan=2| Neurology
|-
| No neurological symptoms || 0
|-
| Damaged [[nerve root]] || 1
|-
| Complete [[spinal cord injury]] || 2
|-
| Incomplete spinal cord injury<br> (risk of worsening without surgery) || 3
|-
| Continuous cord compression with neurological deficit || +1
|}