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Abstract
Reduced bone mass and increased fragility are symptoms of osteoporosis, a systemic skeletal condition in which the microarchitecture of bone tissue deteriorates, the most common type of osteoporotic fracture, known as a vertebral compression fracture (VCF), is one in which the height of the vertebra is reduced by at least 20% in either the anterior, posterior, or central portion or by at least 4mm when compared to normal height.
VCFs afflict around 25% of all postmenopausal women in the United States at some point, according to demographic surveys, and the annual incidence of VCFs is 10.7% for women and 5.7 for males, with 30% prevalence, and those under 80 years of age is 5-10%. Because bone density continuously falls until approximately half of the normal axial bone mass is lost by the age of 80, and it’s directly associated with ageing, African American women are at the lowest risk for VCFs, with Caucasian and Asian women having the highest prevalence rates. The likelihood of getting VCF generally increases by a factor of five if the patient has previously had a fracture.
The osteoporotic fractured vertebra’s height loss may be modest (20%-25%), moderate (25%-40%), or severe (>40%) according to the theory proposed by Genant et al, the majority of osteoporotic vertebral fractures are wedged, have little posterior curbing and little anterior or middle body shortening, but are biconcave or crush-like instead. Also possible are fractures, Any vertebra can be impacted, but the thoracolumbar area is the most frequently affected due to mechanical and structural strain, as well as increased dynamic mobility, which are caused by a change in curvature from thoracic kyphosis to lumbar lordosis at this point.
Acute back, lumbar, and thoracic pain are the most typical symptoms. Some of these seem to radiate rib-re