Tear drop fracture of lower cervical spine implies:
Tear drop fracture is caused by combined axial compression and flexion injury. flexion tear drop fracture is a fracture of the antero inferior aspect of a cervical veebral body due to flexion of the spine along with veical axial compression.
Wedge compression fracture
Axial compression fractures
Flexion-rotation injury with fractures of anterior body
Flexion compression fracture of body
Spinal Injury