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. 2011 Jan;32(1):115–120. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A2223

Summary of vertebral endplate and disk injurya

Total Fracture Levels (N = 211) Endplate Injury
Disk Injury
No. % No. %
Superior only 82 39% 76 36%
Inferior only 25 12% 32 15%
Both 62 29% 59 28%
Total 169 80% 167 79%
a

Evidenced by abnormal MR imaging findings with respect to the superior and/or inferior vertebral endplate and the disk immediately above and/or below the vertebral compression fracture.