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Osteoporotic Spine Fractures

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Within the next few decades the increasing number of elderly people will represent one of the most challenging changes in Western and Asian societies. Musculoskeletal diseases are one of the predo minant illnesses and of these osteoporosis represents the most important. Osteoporotic vertebral body compression fractures (VBCFs) are the hallmark of osteoporosis.

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Heini, P.F., Popp, A. (2008). Osteoporotic Spine Fractures. In: Boos, N., Aebi, M. (eds) Spinal Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69091-7_32

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