Fractures, Compression

**Definition:** Crumbling or smashing of cancellous BONE by forces acting parallel to the long axis of bone. It is applied particularly to vertebral body fractures (SPINAL FRACTURES). (Blauvelt and Nelson, A Manual of Orthopedic Terminology, 1994, p4)

**Tree numbers:** - C26.404.195

**Synonyms:** - Compression Fracture - Compression Fractures