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 ...

Balloon kyphoplasty appeared to offer quick and effective relief from the debilitating pain and immobility that patients with metastatic cancer-related spinal compresssion fractures may experience, ...

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).

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is examining balloon kyphoplasty for vertebral compression fractures and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the NHS 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 ...