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  2. Spinal fracture - Wikipedia

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    A spinal fracture, also called a vertebral fracture or a broken back, is a fracture affecting the vertebrae of the spinal column. Most types of spinal fracture confer a significant risk of spinal cord injury. After the immediate trauma, there is a risk of spinal cord injury (or worsening of an already injured spine) if the fracture is unstable ...

  3. Spinal cord injury - Wikipedia

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    In Pakistan, spinal cord injury is more common in males (92.68%) as compared to females in the 20–30 years of age group with a median age of 40 years, although people from 12–70 years of age suffered from spinal cord injury [73] Rates of injury are at their lowest in children, at their highest in the late teens to early twenties, then get ...

  4. 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 ]

  5. Burst fracture - Wikipedia

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    A burst fracture is a type of traumatic spinal injury in which a vertebra breaks from a high-energy axial load (e.g., traffic collisions or falls from a great height or high speed, and some kinds of seizures), with shards of vertebra penetrating surrounding tissues and sometimes the spinal canal. [1] The burst fracture is categorized by the ...

  6. Chance fracture - Wikipedia

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    A Chance fracture is a type of vertebral fracture that results from excessive flexion of the spine. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Symptoms may include abdominal bruising ( seat belt sign ), or less commonly paralysis of the legs .

  7. List of ICD-9 codes 800–999: injury and poisoning - Wikipedia

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    952 Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury; 953 Injury to nerve roots and spinal plexus. 953.0 Injury to cervical nerve root; 953.1 Injury to dorsal nerve root; 953.2 Injury to lumbar nerve root; 953.3 Injury to sacral nerve root; 953.4 Injury to brachial plexus; 953.5 Injury to lumbosacral plexus

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