Chance fracture

It is also called flexion and stretch fracture, which is more commonly caused by the sudden forward flexion of the upper body when the highway seat belt is suddenly braked. In recent years, such fractures are often encountered clinically, and it can be regarded as a special type of flexion fractures.

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