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Does the term "broken back" refer to disc herniation, or individual vertebrae being fractured, or both?
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Bone: Bone fracture compression, flexion distraction common spine fracture medical broken back is a bone injury or disruption of normal spine alignment i personally don't use broken back to describe disc abnormalities eons exception the chance fracture is mostly a soft tissue flexion distraction injury.
Answered 10/9/2012
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