====== Thoracolumbar compression fracture ======

According to statistics, fractures of the [[thoracolumbar spine]] (Th11-Th12-L1) account for almost 90% of all [[vertebral fracture]]s and, moreover, approximately 50% of fractures are [[compression fracture]]s of the [[T12]] or [[L1]] vertebra 

see [[AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system]].

====Risk factors====

see [[Osteoporotic vertebral fracture]].

see [[Multiple myeloma]] 

===== Treatment =====

[[Vertebral compression fracture treatment]].