Got L1 fracture. How long will it take to heal?

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I read your query. It is almost three and a half weeks since the injury. I saw your scan film (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Treatment/management of vertebral fractures depends on two factors mainly which includes, is there any neurological deficit due to the fracture fragments and posterior structure? and height of the collapse of the vertebra. According to your CT scam films, the height of collapse is not more than 50 percent, so according to this criteria it is conservative management (no surgery) but the status of neurological injury is not yet determined, it needs an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the whole spine. And can you please send me the CT (computerized tomography) scan report, so that the intactness of posterior structure can be known. So if your CT scan films does not show any damage in the posterior structures and MRI does not show any compression on cord or nerve roots, it does not need surgery. And follow up x-rays are taken, maybe at the end of one month to see for progression of the deformity.