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Compression fracture

Known as: Compression Fractures, Fractures, Compression [Disease/Finding], Fracture, Compression 
Crumbling or smashing of cancellous BONE by forces acting parallel to the long axis of bone. It is applied particularly to vertebral body fractures… 
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2008
2008
Acute respiratory failure associated with polymethyl methacrylate pulmonary emboli after percutaneous vertebroplasty.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures are a commonly encountered clinical problem. Although the majority of patients with… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Percutaneous transpedicular vertebroplasty with calcium phosphate cement in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression and burst fractures.
OBJECT Osteoporotic vertebral fractures occasionally lead to late-onset collapse, kyphosis, persistent back pain, and disability… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Calling All Vertebral Fractures Classification of Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Consensus for Comparison of Treatment and Outcome
OSTEOPOROSIS IS a disease characterized by low bone mass, microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, and the propensity to… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Compression Fractures
Purpose : To evaluate the results of percutaneous vertebroplasty using PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) in the treatment of… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Estrogen and progesterone receptor-negative T11 vertebral hemangioma presenting as a postpartum compression fracture: case report and management.
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE Pregnancy-related vertebral hemangioma compressive myelopathy is a rare occurrence that tends to arise… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Thoracic vertebrectomy and reconstruction using a microsurgical thoracoscopic approach.
A video-assisted thoracoscopic microsurgical approach was developed in the laboratory and subsequently used clinically to resect… 
1989
1989
The response of vertebral bone mineral density during the treatment of osteoporosis with sodium fluoride.
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1987
Highly Cited
1987
Assessment of the risk of vertebral fracture in menopausal women.
The decision to institute prophylaxis in women with menopausal osteopenia is hampered by the absence of quantitative criteria for… 
1983
1983
Roentgenographic skeletal injury patterns in parachute jumping
A total of 90,000 parachute jumps made during a 1 year period resulted in 615 (0.68%) injuries secondary to jumping. Of these 615… 
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