Fractura por compresión
En las fracturas por compresión, el cuerpo del tejido óseo de las vértebras colapsa. Esto puede ocurrir debido a un trauma o a un proceso de enfermedad como la osteoporosis o un tumor.
Revision
Last reviewed 12/1/2011 by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
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