"Fractures, Compression" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Crumbling or smashing of cancellous BONE by forces acting parallel to the long axis of bone. It is applied particularly to vertebral body fractures (SPINAL FRACTURES). (Blauvelt and Nelson, A Manual of Orthopedic Terminology, 1994, p4)
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D050815
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.404.195
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fractures, Compression" by people in Profiles.
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Ameis A, Randhawa K, Yu H, C?t? P, Haldeman S, Chou R, Hurwitz EL, Nordin M, Wong JJ, Shearer HM, Taylor-Vaisey A. The Global Spine Care Initiative: a review of reviews and recommendations for the non-invasive management of acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture pain in low- and middle-income communities. Eur Spine J. 2018 09; 27(Suppl 6):861-869.