Structured Summary
Abstract
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)
MeSH Record
Classification
Broader headings
Related Concepts
Knowledge Graph
Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.
MeSH Record
Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Compression Fracture
- Fractures, Compression
- Fracture, Compression
MeSH Record
Aspects Covered
35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
MeSH Record
Indexing Annotation
CRUSH FRACTURES see CRUSH INJURIES is also available
MeSH Record
History Note
2006
MeSH Record
Previous Indexing
- Fractures, Bone (1967-2005)
- Spinal Fractures (1988-2005)
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Compression Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050815. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050815
- Compression Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55234470