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2. Vertebral compression fracture - Wikipedia

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   A compression fracture is a collapse of a vertebra. It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the vertebra (compare with burst fracture ). This weakening is seen in patients with osteoporosis or osteogenesis imperfecta , lytic lesions from metastatic or primary tumors , [ 1 ] or infection. [ 2 ]

3. Pathologic fracture - Wikipedia

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   Fragility fracture is a type of pathologic fracture that occurs as a result of an injury that would be insufficient to cause fracture in a normal bone. [2] There are three fracture sites said to be typical of fragility fractures: vertebral fractures, fractures of the neck of the femur, and Colles fracture of the wrist. This definition arises ...

4. Osteoporosis - Wikipedia

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   The symptoms of a vertebral collapse ("compression fracture") are sudden back pain, often with radicular pain (shooting pain due to nerve root compression) and rarely with spinal cord compression or cauda equina syndrome. Multiple vertebral fractures lead to a stooped posture, loss of height, and chronic pain with resultant reduction in mobility.

5. Bone fracture - Wikipedia

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   A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, F x, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in the body. In more severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a comminuted fracture. [1]

6. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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   Bumper fracture: Car bumper: compression fracture of lateral tibial plateau: forced valgus of knee when struck from side by car bumper: Bumper fracture at TheFreeDictionary.com: Chance fracture: George Quentin Chance: horizontal fracture of vertebral body: hyperflexion of spine, seen in car accidents when lap belts were used

7. Müller AO Classification of fractures - Wikipedia

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   The Müller AO Classification of fractures is a system for classifying bone fractures initially published in 1987 [1] by the AO Foundation as a method of categorizing injuries according to therognosis of the patient's anatomical and functional outcome. "AO" is an initialism for the German "Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen", the ...

8. Spinal fracture - Wikipedia

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   Burst fracture – in which a vertebra breaks from a high-energy axial load; Compression fracture – a collapse of a vertebra, often resulting in the form of a wedge-shape due to larger compression anteriorly; Chance fracture – compression injury to the anterior portion of a vertebral body with concomitant distraction injury to posterior ...

9. Spinal cord compression - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms suggestive of cord compression are back pain, a dermatome of increased sensation, paralysis of limbs below the level of compression, decreased sensation below the level of compression, urinary and fecal incontinence and/or urinary retention. Lhermitte's sign (intermittent shooting electrical sensation) and hyperreflexia may be present.