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Compression Fracture Cervical Spine. A compression fracture occurs when the normal vertebral body of the spine is squished or compressed to a smaller height. Compression fractures may or may not cause symptoms. This injury tends to happen in three groups of people. The 7 cervical vertebrae are called c1 through c7.
Compression fractures usually occur in the thoracic middle or lumbar lower spine. Isolated compression fractures of the cervical spine though less frequent than compression fractures in the thoracolumbar spine often occur as a result of a hyperflexion position. What is a cervical compression fracture. Numbness and or weakness in arms or legs if the fracture has affected the spinal cord and or surrounding nerves in the spine over an extended period patients may notice a loss of height. Compression fractures may or may not cause symptoms. If compression fractures cause symptoms these may include.
A compression fracture occurs when the normal vertebral body of the spine is squished or compressed to a smaller height.
Wesley smeal joel press in interventional spine 2008. Neck pain and stiffness. The 7 cervical vertebrae are called c1 through c7. Compression fractures are vertebral breaks but most are not induced by significant trauma. Lateral mri of a patient s cervical spine. Symptoms some of the symptoms of a myelopathy mimic other spinal problems.