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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 2007 study claimed that an estimated 1.7 million vertebral compression fractures occur every year in Europe ...

Older osteoporosis patients may see a significant reduction in pain and improvement in function after undergoing balloon kyphoplasty, according to a recent study. Lead author Steven R. Garfin, MD, of ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J., April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A spinal compression fracture (also known as a vertebral compression fracture) occurs when a spinal vertebra fractures and collapses. It may be ...

Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteolytic Vertebral Compression Fractures as a Result of Multiple Myeloma. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to ...

Baseline to 1 month change in short-form-36 (SF-36) PCS scale by treatment group Study powered to detect 0.5 SD for 1-month difference; 80% power with two-sided of 5% (75 participants per group).

Oct. 24, 2003 -- Kyphoplasty improves physical function, reduces pain, and may correct kyphotic deformity in patients with vertebral compression fractures, according to the results of a prospective ...

Vertebral-body compression fractures resulting from osteoporosis or malignant osteolysis are a common occurrence, especially in elderly patients. There are a variety of clinical and surgical ...

PURPOSE: We prospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteolytic vertebral compression fractures resulting from multiple myeloma. The principle symptoms in ...

Vertebral compression fractures are one of the most common types of osteoporotic fracture. Osteoporotic fractures are common in the elderly and particularly in postmenopausal women, but they can also ...