Diseases

Compression Fractures

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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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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  • Compression Fracture
  • Fractures, Compression
  • Fracture, Compression

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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.

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CRUSH FRACTURES see CRUSH INJURIES is also available

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2006

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Previous Indexing

  • Fractures, Bone (1967-2005)
  • Spinal Fractures (1988-2005)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Compression Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050815. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050815
  2. Compression Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55234470