Vertebral fractures in older ... (the vertebral cortices and end plates are less distinct) and do not capture the thoracic spine well at a level superior to T7 (Panel A, arrow).

INDIANAPOLIS – Titanium rods and screws were placed in IndyCar driver Robert Wickens' spine during surgery Monday to stabilize a thoracic spinal fracture associated with a spinal cord injury ...

The fracture was located at the cervical spine in 7 cases, at the thoracic spine in 9, at the thoracolumbar junction in 3 and at the lumbar spine in one case. Neurological defects were revealed in ...

Most spinal fractures occur in the thoracic or lumbar spine. Doctors may divide spinal fractures into mechanism types, such as flexion, extension, and rotation. However, not all spinal fractures ...

Chance fractures most commonly occur in an area of the spine called the thoracolumbar junction (where the thoracic spine joins the lumbar spine). They typically involve the 12th thoracic vertebra ...

The researchers studied the x-rays of 114 COVID-19 patients and detected thoracic vertebral fractures in 35 percent. These patients were older and more affected by high blood pressure and heart ...

There is one on each side of every vertebrae in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. … A transverse process fracture … usually results from a sudden extreme twisting or side-bending movement.

In 18 cases, a low energy injury of the spine occurred and in only 2 cases the cause was a high-energy injury (table 2). The fractures occurred in the cervical spine were compression injuries.