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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: An almost 90-year-old friend has osteoporosis. In January, ...

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, ...

In summary, it appears from the results of the single RCT that balloon kyphoplasty does achieve rapid and sustained improvements in pain and function for patients with new (< 3 month old) osteoporotic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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).

PURPOSE: We prospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteolytic vertebral compression fractures resulting from multiple myeloma. The principle symptoms in ...

2.1.1 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 ...

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