Block vertebra
Block vertebra means fusion of 2 or more vertebrae. Compression fracture on block vertebra is very rare and few case reports have been published.
Woo et al. present a case of acute compression fracture in block vertebra which was well treated with single level vertebroplasty by migration of PMMA 1).
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Woo JY, Pee YH, An Y, Lim JH, Jang IT. A case of acute compression fracture in
block vertebra. Spine J. 2015 Oct 19. pii: S1529-9430(15)01521-1. doi:
10.1016/j.spinee.2015.10.010. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26494372.