title: Medical consequences of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
abstract: Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures are an increasingly common source of morbidity and mortality in the aging population. Previously, these fractures were assumed to be benign, self-limited entities with few, if any, significant sequelae. More recently, however, individual cohorts and population-wide analyses demonstrate high rates of chronic pain, functional decline, physiologic disorder, psychosocial dysfunction, and early mortality among patients with osteoporotic vertebral body compression fractures.
authors.affiliation: William Beaumont Hospital, Section of Spine Surgery, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Eeric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Truumees
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology