Compression fracture of the fourth lumbar vertebra post falling from a height.
X-ray of the lumbar spine with a compression fracture of the third lumbar vertebra.
A compression fracture is a collapse of a vertebra. It may be due to trauma or due to a weakened vertebra in a patient with osteoporosis or Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
[edit] Treatment
[edit] Conservative treatment
[edit] Surgical
- Kyphoplasty[2] and Vertebroplasty[2][3], minimally invasive procedures designed to treat pain from osteoporotic compression fractures and sometimes other forms of fracture, such as a fracture caused by certain types of cancer.
[edit] References
- ^ Knopp JA, Diner BM, Blitz M, Lyritis GP, Rowe BH (2005). "Calcitonin for treating acute pain of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a systematic review of randomized, controlled trials". Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA 16 (10): 1281–90. doi:10.1007/s00198-004-1798-8. PMID 15614441.
- ^ a b Taylor RS, Taylor RJ, Fritzell P (2006). "Balloon kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty for vertebral compression fractures: a comparative systematic review of efficacy and safety". Spine 31 (23): 2747–55. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000244639.71656.7d. PMID 17077747.
- ^ Taylor RS, Fritzell P, Taylor RJ (2007). "Balloon kyphoplasty in the management of vertebral compression fractures: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis". European Spine Journal 16: 1085. doi:10.1007/s00586-007-0308-z. PMID 17277923.
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