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Is height lost after a compression spinal fracture regained after recovery?

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Dr. Ki-Hon Lin answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

No: A vertebral compression fracture does not regain height - it simply heals at its current height, and can even lose further height before it fully heals. The only way to restore height would be surgery.

Answered 10/3/2016

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