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Patient Information - Vertebral Compression Fractures

Each year 1.5 million osteoporotic fragility fractures are diagnosed in the United States alone, the most common being vertebral compression fractures (~750,000 per year), and these numbers are expected to rise with the aging of the baby boom generation. Learn more about vertebral compression fractures by viewing the following “Vertebral Compression Fractures: Saving the Spine” documentary, an episode of Public Television’s Healthy Body, Healthy Mind TV Series.