burst fracture

A traumatic injury caused by high-energy axial loading due to falls from heights or MVAs/RTAs, resulting in vertebral body fractures which may shatter from the force, resulting in an unstable spinal cord with a high risk of paralysis below the region of the fracture
Diagnosis CT, MRI, neurosurgical consultation
Management Clear bone from region, spinal fusion, rehabilitation

com·pres·sion frac·ture

(kŏm-presh'ŭn frak'shŭr) Breakage causing loss of height of the vertebral body either by trauma or by pathology. It occurs most commonly in thoracic and lumbar spines. A common sequela of osteoporosis.
Synonym(s): burst fracture.

burst fracture

A vertebral fracture similar to a compression fracture but typically more severe and involving displacement of the bony fragments. See: compression fractureSee also: fracture

单词	burst fracture
释义	DictionarySeecompression fractureEncyclopediaSeefracture burst fracture A traumatic injury caused by high-energy axial loading due to falls from heights or MVAs/RTAs, resulting in vertebral body fractures which may shatter from the force, resulting in an unstable spinal cord with a high risk of paralysis below the region of the fracture Diagnosis CT, MRI, neurosurgical consultation Management Clear bone from region, spinal fusion, rehabilitation com·pres·sion frac·ture (kŏm-presh'ŭn frak'shŭr) Breakage causing loss of height of the vertebral body either by trauma or by pathology. It occurs most commonly in thoracic and lumbar spines. A common sequela of osteoporosis. Synonym(s): burst fracture. burst fracture A vertebral fracture similar to a compression fracture but typically more severe and involving displacement of the bony fragments. See: compression fractureSee also: fracture
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