Insufficiency Fracture
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Insufficiency fractures are a type of stress fracture, which are the result of normal stresses on abnormal bone[1].
- They should not be confused with fatigue fractures which are due to abnormal stresses on normal bone, or with pathological fractures, the result of diseased, weakened bone due to focal pathology such as tumours (both malignant and benign).
- Insufficiency fractures can occur throughout the skeleton but are common in the tibia, femoral head and neck, sacrum, pelvis, and feet. They are most commonly associated with osteopenic or osteoporotic bone and the female athlete triad in young athletes. [2]
- Insufficiency fractures of the spine are often a sign of frailty. There is a reported 23-34% increase in mortality over eight years[3].
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- ↑ Radiopedia Insufficiency Fractures Available from:https://radiopaedia.org/articles/insufficiency-fracture (last accessed 12.10.2020)
- ↑ Tranovich MJ, Wright VJ. Insufficiency Fractures. InStress Fractures in Athletes 2015 (pp. 223-237). Springer, Cham.Available from:https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-09238-6_16 (last accessed 12.10.2020)
- ↑ Menu-Professionals M. Non-surgical Management of Insufficiency Fractures of the Spine.Available from:https://www.orthogate.org/articles/spine/non-surgical-management-of-insufficiency-fractures-of-the-spine (last accessed 12.10.2020)
