What is a vertebral compression fracture and what is the difference between it and a burst fracture?

Compression fracture is the normal state of spinal fracture. Generally speaking, spinal fracture is a compressive change. For example, if you flatten a sponge, this is compression change. Generally, it will not cause too much damage to the nerves in the spinal canal.

The damage degree of burst fracture is higher than that of compression fracture, and the damage degree of vertebral body is quite large. The vertebral body has different degrees of morphological changes or the bone fragments at the fracture are separated and displaced, and the axis of the whole spine changes. What's more, the separated bones will cut off the nerves (spinal cord) in the spine, causing corresponding limb reactions and even paralysis.