While a fall can cause a hip fracture, most hip fractures are actually due to fragile bone that breaks, which then causes the person to fall. A broken hip can also occur due to a pathologic fracture, ...

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Because of the benign nature of UBC, the primary purpose of treatment is prevention of pathological fracture. Some reports have identified risk factors of pathological fractures. Previous reports ...

This week we are going to discuss pathological fractures of the spine. These are fractures (breaks) that occur when the spine is compromised with regards to strengths and breaks relatively easily.