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Wounds and Injuries > Fractures, Bone > Fractures, Compression

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Fractures, Compression  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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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  • Compression Fractures

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