News tagged with vertebral compression

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

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgical technique relieves painful spine fractures in patients with metastatic cancer

A surgical technique appears to offer quick and effective relief for debilitating spinal fractures often suffered by patients with metastatic cancer, researchers reported at the 35th Congress of the European Society for Medical ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

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created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New treatment method reduces pain in patients with vertebral compression fractures

Vesselplasty, a new minimally invasive procedure, increases mobility and reduces pain and the need for pain killers in patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), according to a study performed at the Hospital Universitario ...

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created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0