A MRI image of vertebral compression fractures, which were fixed through a vertebroplasty procedure in which bone cement is injected through a small hole into the problem area to relieve back pain.

Vertebroplasty procedures are performed for spinal neoplasms, osteoporosis and spinal fractures. The percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive procedure performed using radiologic guidance, ...

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 ...

The North American Spine Society has released comments in response to two studies recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding the effectiveness of vertebroplasty, according to ...

(Columbia) August 11, 2005 - People suffering from osteoporosis now have a new option in finding relief from painful compression fractures of the spine. Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive ...

A world-first study involving Monash University and the Cabrini Research Institute in Melbourne has revealed the injection of bone cement into broken vertebrae is not an effective treatment for ...

Spinal metastases can affect quality of life by causing severe pain, functional impairment, vertebral fractures, nerve root impingement, spinal cord compression and hypercalcaemia. Treatment for ...

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty appears adequate to support the use of the procedure, provided that normal arrangements are in place for consent, audit and ...