Spinal Compression Fracture Management
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Spinal Compression Fracture Management
In the United States, there are 1.5 million fractures attributed to osteoporosis every year. Among them are 700,000 vertebral fractures.1 Vertebral compression fractures have a greater than 15% reduction in vertebral body height and are most often observed in the thoracolumbar transition zone.2 Patients typically present with back pain and get diagnosed with a vertebral fracture following X-ray...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Spine Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2192-5682,2192-5690
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1583288