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, or infection. In healthy patients it is most often seen in individuals suf...
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A type of break in a bone caused by pressure and in which the bone collapses. Compression fractures usually occur in the spine (backbone) and in bones made weak by cancer or by osteoporosis (a decrease in bone mass and density).
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<orthopaedics> A spinal fracture, more specifically, of a vertebral body, that results from the axial compression of the vertebra. ... Compression fractions result in a loss of height of the vertebral body on X-ray. May occur in any region of the spine. Compression fractures occur commonly in post-menopausal females who subject to osteoporosi...
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one produced by compression.
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A fracture associated with vertical crushing.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a type of collapsing breakage, often involving the vertebrae, where it results from axial loading forces from top to bottom; evident radiographically by diminished height and squareness of bone; often painful and without neurologic impairment; may be seen after even minor trauma in association with osteoporosis. &...
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Compression fracture: A fracture caused by compression, the act of pressing together. Compression fractures of the vertebrae are especially common with osteoporosis. Note that a 'compression fracture' is distinct from a 'comminuted fracture' in which the bone is fragmented and from a 'compound fracture' in which the bone sticks openly through the s...
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A compression fracture occurs when the bone collapses, particularly in short bones such as the vertebrae in the spine. Vertebral compression fractures result when the bone tissue of the vertebral body collapses. The condition is most often caused by osteoporosis and may be caused by trauma to the back, such as a fall or vehicular accident. A compre...
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n] - fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae)
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a break in a short bone in which its soft tissue is crushed
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noun fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae)
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