FA Findings of vertebral Compression Fractures with Spinal Osteoporosis.

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The Verteberal Fracture analysis System (FA) was used to evaluate vertebral compression fractures associated with spinal osteoporosis. We studied X-ray pictures of 82 females and 6 males who were diagnosed as having involutional osteoporosis Lateral X-ray pictures of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae were taken, respectively positioning the eighth thoracic and the third lumbar vertebrae at the center. From the lateral X-rays, vertebral deformities were classified into four types; vertex vertebra. Following results were obtained: the rate of vertebral deformity increased with increasing age and it was the most frequent in thoracolumbar lesions, vertex vertebra was freqrent in the eighth thoracic and the first lumbar vertebrae, vertebra plana was seen in the eleventh thoracic and the fifth lumbar vertebrae. This system is considered an effective method for assessment of vertebral deformity.
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