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 ...

Kyphoplasty is a procedure that treats compression fractures in the spine. It relieves pain at the site, but some people may experience pain even after the procedure. Treating it includes taking ...

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 ...

Single- versus multiple-item assessment of quality of life in patients with advanced cancer No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2009 ASCO ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My mom had a compression fracture to her L2 vertebrae due to osteoporosis. Her head leans forward constantly. It has created difficulty for her when looking forward while walking and ...

Vertebral compression fractures usually occur when the front of the vertebral body collapses, and may be caused by trauma, cancer or osteoporosis. Pain is the most common symptom in patients with ...

Doctors warn that unexplained bone fractures without trauma may sometimes signal multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that weakens bones. Known as pathological fractures, they occur when abnormal plasma ...

The U.S. FDA’s final guidance for clinical decision support (CDS) systems may be the subject of two citizen’s petitions requesting the agency scrap the guidance ...