"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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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 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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Herman AG, Mahla ME. Awake intubating laryngeal mask airway placement in a morbidly obese patient with ankylosing spondylitis and unstable thoracic spine. J Clin Anesth. 2016 Aug; 32:62-4.
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Thawait SK, Marcus MA, Morrison WB, Klufas RA, Eng J, Carrino JA. Research synthesis: what is the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging to discriminate benign from malignant vertebral compression fractures? Systematic review and meta-analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 20; 37(12):E736-44.
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Looby S, Flanders A. Spine trauma. Radiol Clin North Am. 2011 Jan; 49(1):129-63.
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Morrison WB, Parker L, Frangos AJ, Carrino JA. Vertebroplasty in the United States: guidance method and provider distribution, 2001-2003. Radiology. 2007 Apr; 243(1):166-70.