 Fractures, Compression
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Crumbling or smashing of cancellous BONE by forces acting parallel to the long axis of bone. It is applied particularly to vertebral body fractures (SPINAL FRACTURES). (Blauvelt and Nelson, A Manual of Orthopedic Terminology, 1994, p4)
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D050815
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C26.404.195
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| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fractures, Compression" by people in Profiles.
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O'Toole JE, Traynelis VC. Vertebral compression fractures. J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 May; 14(5):555-9; discussion 559-60.
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Hurley MC, Kaakaji R, Dabus G, Shaibani A, Walker MT, Fessler RG, Bendok BR. Percutaneous vertebroplasty. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2009 Jul; 20(3):341-59.
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Lee MJ, Dumonski M, Cahill P, Stanley T, Park D, Singh K. Percutaneous treatment of vertebral compression fractures: a meta-analysis of complications. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 May 15; 34(11):1228-32.
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Singh K, Heller JG, Samartzis D, Price JS, An HS, Yoon ST, Rhee J, Ledlie JT, Phillips FM. Open vertebral cement augmentation combined with lumbar decompression for the operative management of thoracolumbar stenosis secondary to osteoporotic burst fractures. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2005 Oct; 18(5):413-9.
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McCarty LP, Cole BJ. Nonarthroplasty treatment of glenohumeral cartilage lesions. Arthroscopy. 2005 Sep; 21(9):1131-42.
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