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Would a wedge fracture with prolapsed discs ever heal?
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Some deformity still: In adult a wedge vertebral fracture does not reconsitute its original volume with healing. The deformity remains. Healing would mean resolutions of acute symptoms such as pain.
Answered 9/24/2019
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