LUKE E. SEWALL, M.D. Interventional radiologists have been performing image-guided spinal procedures for many years. Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a newer technique in which a medical grade cement is ...

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures, also known as spinal compression fractures, are the most common types of fragility fractures in older adults. Typically, initial treatments for such fractures involve ...

Symptomatic adjacent vertebral fracture (AVF) can occur after treatment with percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). This study examined surgical and ...

In fact, only about one in three people who suffer a hip fracture regain their previous level of function, making early ...

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When I measured my height during a health checkup, it was 2 centimeters shorter than when I was young.'Huh, did they measure ...

Benvenue Medical’s Kiva vertebral compression fracture treatment system and Blazer vertebral augmentation system were named by Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management as innovative ...

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