This week we are going to discuss something which is quite common, yet it occurs for a variety of reasons—the vertebral compression fracture (VCF). Vertebral compression fractures occur when the ...

In 18 cases, a low energy injury of the spine occurred and in only 2 cases the cause was a high-energy injury (table 2). The fractures occurred in the cervical spine were compression injuries. C6 and ...

Compression fractures in the spine are due to osteoporosis, a common condition causing progressive bone loss and increased fracture risk. A new study found that patients who wore a brace as treatment ...

Your spine is made up of bones called vertebrae. The vertebrae in your neck are called cervical vertebrae, and there are 7 of them. They protect your spinal cord. A hangman's fracture is a break in ...

Spinal fractures can vary widely in severity. While some fractures are very serious injuries that require emergency treatment, other fractures can be the result of bones weakened by osteoporosis. Most ...

Intravenous zoledronate (Reclast) administered once every 5 years reduced the incidence of morphometric vertebral fractures in early postmenopausal women, a randomized trial showed. Over 10 years of ...

Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone ...

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Amber Implants, an innovative medical technology company developing next-generation implants for spinal injuries, today announced it has ...

Background Ankylosing spondylitis is a rheumatic disease in which spinal and sacroiliac joints are mainly affected. There is a gradual bone formation in the spinal ligaments and ankylosis of the ...