The Brown Daily Herald10d
Brown-led study finds increased spinal fractures in aging population
Using data from 638,999 patients, a new study by a research team at the Warren Alpert Medical School found that the incidence ...
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The Anatomy of the Thoracic Spine
Hyperkyphosis following a vertebral compression fracture which affects elderly people and others who sustain this injury is another example. Although pain in the thoracic spine area is common ...
Medscape5d
Frequency of rib and sternum fractures associated with out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation is underestimated by conventional chest X-ray.
The majority of rib fractures was located in the anterior part of the thoracic cage. Sternum fractures predominantly occurred in the lower third. Eight of 19 patients received either thrombolytic ...