This week we are going to discuss something which is quite common, yet it occurs for a variety of reasons—the vertebral compression fracture (VCF). Vertebral compression fractures occur when the ...

Compression fractures in the spine are quite common among older people. It usually happens as the bones weaken due to age or osteoporosis. A new surgery is helping those patients get back on their ...

The pain of a compression fracture is not always relieved by medication and bedrest. When broken vertebrae are the source of discomfort, unconventional solutions might be the best option for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed a significant proportion of patients with vertebral compression fractures had decreased ...

Vertebroplasty has been in broad clinical use for two decades based largely on case series data. This broad use was called into question by the first two RCT's comparing vertebroplasty to sham ...

MRI reduces vertebral compression fracture misdiagnoses before cementing MRI reduces the rate of misdiagnosis of acute lesions and hidden lesions before percutaneous cement augmentation procedures.

Among older people, vertebral compression fractures are very common, and those with such fractures are at high risk of incurring new ones. Findings in a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg ...

CHICAGO — Patients with vertebral compression fractures who underwent kyphoplasty experienced higher rates of mortality compared with patients who did not undergo kyphoplasty, according to results ...