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Fractures of the axis caused by hanging
Zeitschrift Fur Rechtsmedizin. Journal of Legal Medicine
|January 31, 1978
Abstract:
Prerequisities for fractures of the neural arch of the axis in the region of the isthmus (hangman's fracture) during hanging are considered to be a long drop and a submental knot. A case is presented showing that hangman's fracture arising in hanging can result from stretching of the neck combined with anteroflexion of the head.