COMPRESSION FRACTURE
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A compression fracture occurs when a vertebral body loses overall height and collapses due to a fracture involving the cancellous bone. Cancellous bone is the porous bone on the inside of the vertebral body. These fractures can occur with or without an injury or traumatic mechanism. If this fracture occurs with little to no injury, it is most likely due to weak bone. Vertebrae can become weak due to several disease processes, the most common being osteoporosis. These fractures are also known to occur in patients with metastatic processes.
Treatment can involve conservative options with bracing, pain medication, and activity modification. However, these fractures can take several months to heal on their own and sometimes will not heal appropriately. They can also progress, causing permanent deformities and chronic pain if the appropriate intervention does not occur in a timely manner. Treatment typically includes kyphoplasty, a procedure that utilizes a balloon to “decompress” the compressed fracture and then bone cement to stabilize the fracture and alleviate pain.
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