Ex) Article Title, Author, Keywords
Ex) Article Title, Author, Keywords
Clinical Pain 2007; 6(2): 93-96
Published online September 30, 2007
Copyright © Korean Association of Pain Medicine.
Ji Young Jeong, M.D., Jae Min Kim, M.D. and Min-Wook Kim, M.D.
정지영ㆍ김재민ㆍ김민욱
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. (J Korean Assoc Pain Med 2007;6:93-96)
KeywordsFractures, Stress, Osteoporosis, Sternum, Kyphosis