Diseases

Spinal Fractures

Broken bones in the vertebral column.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Broken bones in the vertebral column.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Fracture, Spinal
  • Fractures, Spinal
  • Spinal Fracture
  • Hangman Fracture
  • Hangman's Fracture
  • Fracture, Hangman
  • Fracture, Hangman's
  • Hangmans Fracture

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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.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific vertebrae /inj

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History Note

91

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Previous Indexing

  • Fractures (1966-1990)
  • Spinal Injuries (1966-1990)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C26w.117w.500.500w
  2. C26w.404w.812w

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NLM Classification

WE 737

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spinal Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016103. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016103
  2. Spinal Fractures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_fracture
  3. Spinal Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7577460