News tagged with vertebral compression fracture
National research study to assess new treatment for painful vertebral fractures
Physicians at The Medical College of Wisconsin are conducting the KAST clinical trial at Froedtert Hospital to assess the safety and effectiveness of a new vertebral augmentation treatment (Kiva) for painful vertebral compression ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Vertebroplasty: Integral to treating back pain in blood marrow cancer patients
Treating non-osteoporotic compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, shows that the use of vertebroplasty—a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists using imaging ...
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Study results raise questions about vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal compression fractures
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 vertebroplasty and those ...
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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Poor treatment for common vertebral compression fractures
The advice and treatment given to patients with vertebral compression fractures is not satisfactory. A thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that the majority of patients still ...
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Apr 23, 2009 |
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