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KMID : 0948920070060020093
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Clinical Pain
2007 Volume.6 No. 2 p.93 ~ p.96
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Insufficiency Fracture of the Sternum in a Woman with Thoracic Kyphosis and Osteoporosis -Case Report-
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Jeong Ji-Young
Kim Jae-Min
Kim Min-Wook
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Abstract
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Thoracic compression fractures with osteoporosis often leads to severe kyphosis. The kyphosis creates a deforming stress on the sternum that may lead to an insufficiency fracture. We experienced an insufficiency fracture of the sternum in a postmenopausal woman with T12 compression fracture and severe kyphosis due to osteoporosis. She was ninety-five years old and complained chest pain for 3 weeks. She had been carried on by her grandson’s` back and had felt more pain one week before she visited us. A displaced fracture in the sternum, T12 compression fracture with kyphosis and osteoporosis were found. We concluded an insufficiency fracture of the sternum with osteoporosis had progressed a displaced fracture by pick-a-back. The transfer method such as pick-a-back is contraindicated in old women with severe kyphosis and osteoporosis.
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KEYWORD
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Fractures, Stress, Osteoporosis, Sternum, Kyphosis
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