Concept information
Preferred term
Fractures, Compression
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Compression Fracture
- Compression Fractures
- Fracture, Compression
Note
- CRUSH FRACTURES see CRUSH INJURIES is also available
Scope note
- 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)
History note
- 2006
In other languages
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Finnish
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kompressiomurtuma
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050815
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