"Fractures, Compression" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| MeSH Number(s) |
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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Vertebral compression fractures. J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 May; 14(5):555-9; discussion 559-60.
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Percutaneous vertebroplasty. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2009 Jul; 20(3):341-59.
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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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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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Nonarthroplasty treatment of glenohumeral cartilage lesions. Arthroscopy. 2005 Sep; 21(9):1131-42.