Open AccessOsteoporotic fractures of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae: diagnosis and conservative treatment
Author(s) -
Ulrich Spiegl,
Hartmut Bork,
Sebastian Grüninger,
Uwe Maus,
Georg Osterhoff,
Max Joseph Scheyerer,
Philipp Pieroh,
J. Schnoor,
Christoph-Eckhard Heyde,
Klaus John Schnake
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0295
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , evidence based medicine , lumbar , osteoporosis , lumbar vertebrae , physical therapy , conservative treatment , radiology , systematic review , sports medicine , medline , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , law
The prevalence of osteoporotic vertebral body fractures in Europe is 18-26%. Although most of these injuries can be treated conservatively, the underlying concepts have not been defined clearly or uniformly. In this article, we present the current state of the evidence on the diagnosis and conservative treatment of osteoporotic fractures of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.