Items tagged “spinal fracture”
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Case
Redo lumbar spine kyphoplasty
Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Aug 2013
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Spinal wedge fracture
Spinal wedge (compression) fractures are hyperflexion injuries to the vertebral body resulting from axial loading. Most commonly affecting the anterior aspect of the vertebral body, wedge fractures are considered a single-column (i.e. stable) fracture.
Terminology
Less commonly wedge fracture...