Compression fractures in the spine are quite common among older people. It usually happens as the bones weaken due to age or osteoporosis. A new surgery is helping those patients get back on their ...

The FDA granted Medtronic 510(k) clearance of KyphonHV-R Bone Cement for treatment of pathological sacral vertebral body fractures using sacral vertebroplasty or sacroplasty. 1. Kyphon Xpede Bone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Although cement augmentation did not alter the rate of secondary fracture after osteoporotic ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recommends against vertebroplasty for acute compression fractures because of the high complication rate with the procedure. Vertebroplasty involves the use ...

(HealthDay News) – In patients with suspected vertebral compression fractures, the addition of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reduces the rate of misdiagnosis of acute lesions and hidden lesions ...

A new study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that relief of pain from vertebral compression fractures, as well as improvement in pain-related dysfunction, were similar in patients treated with ...

(WABI) - Osteoporosis affects so many Maine women. It’s referred to as a silent disease because often, there are no symptoms until a bone breaks. For Karen Lake, it was a fracture in her spine. Joy ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. & BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DFINE, Inc., the developer of minimally invasive radiofrequency (RF) targeted therapies for the treatment of vertebral pathologies, announced the ...

WEBVTT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED. AND DR. MAINE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE INFORMATION. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. WHO TYPICALLY HAS THESE KINDS OF FRACTURES? THE MOST COMMON PRESENTATION IS AN ELDERLY ...