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Pain Relief for Osteoporosis Patients With Fractures Mar 19, 2008
Vertebroplasty shows benefit in study of those with spinal afflictions ... TUESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- In osteoporosis patients with spinal fractures, vertebroplasty provides significant pain relief and helps decrease disability, according to a new study ... Vertebroplasty involves injection of medical-grade bone cement into a fractured vertebra to shore up the fracture and provide pain relief. (Health-Finder)
Constant painScientists hope to end the misery of severe osteoporosis Dec 20, 2007
VERTEBROPLASTY/KYPHOPLASTY Minimally invasive procedures performed to treat compression fractures of the vertebrae bones of the spine In both cases a needle is inserted into the broken bone In vertebroplasty, bone cement is injected into the fractured area In kyphoplasty, a balloon is first inserted and inflated to expand the compressed vertebra to its normal height before filling the space with bone cement The cement-strengthened vertebra should cut pain, prevent further fractures, and allow... (BBC News -- Health)
Engineers developing new cements to heal spinal fractures Oct 29, 2007
Bone cements, similar to those used in joint replacement surgery, are already being used to strengthen damaged vertebrae of patients with diseases such as osteoporosis, in a procedure known as vertebroplasty, but burst fractures to the spine, injuries often sustained in major impact accidents and falls, are much more difficult to treat ... There is evidence to show that some patients with osteoporosis, who tend to be older, can develop fractures in the vertebrae adjacent to those treated with... (EurekAlert!)
New Treatment For Spinal Cancer Patients In Pain Oct 10, 2007
Interventional radiologist Dr. Charles Tate with Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale suggested Plummer undergo a procedure called a vertebroplasty. It was recently improved to treat spine tumors which are extremely painful. (CBS2.com, CA)
Alphatec Holdings, Inc. Acquires an Exclusive Worldwide License for Vertebroplasty Technology System Focused on Solutions for Vertebral Compression Fractures Sep 12, 2007
Sept. 12, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a medical technology company focused on the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, announced the entry into an exclusive worldwide license for a unique vertebroplasty technology system that is focused on providing a solution for vertebral compression fracture indications. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, Alphatec Spine, Inc. (``Alphatec Spine''),... (Primezone Releases)
Lodian gives up pit bull; dog will be euthanized Jun 13, 2007
Morita was at Lodi Memorial Hospital until Thursday, when he went to Dameron Hospital in Stockton for vertebroplasty, a process where bone cement is injected into the spine, said his daughter-in-law, Nancy Morita. He is now home on bed rest but moves a little each day with the assistance of a walker. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Smith & Nephew, Teknimed to distribute spinal fracture solution May 16, 2007
SPINE FIX is a self-hardening bone cement that is injected into the vertebrae through a vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty, a minimally invasive procedure. The cement is used to treat compression fractures in the spine. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Heel To Heal: New Stretch Relieves Pain From Plantar Fasciitis Nov 14, 2006
(December 30, 2005) -- A Mayo Clinic study has found patients report less back pain at rest and while active following vertebroplasty, a procedure in which medical cement is injected into painful compression fractures in. . (Science Daily)
Studies unclear whether spinal cement procedure improves back pain May 13, 2006
A similar procedure called vertebroplasty injects bone cement directly into the vertebrae. "The aim of vertebroplasty is to stabilize the fractured vertebral body, while the goals of kyphoplasty are to stabilize the vertebral body and to restore its height to as near its prefracture level as possible," said Gladius Lewis, Ph. (EurekAlert!)
New technique offers relief for patients with spinal tumors May 7, 2006
Wade Wong, D.O.F.A.C.R, UCSD professor of radiology, and San Diego clinician Bassem Georgy, M.D., partially removed spinal tumors from 28 patients before repairing the spine with vertebroplasty a procedure to cement and stabilize damaged vertebrae ... " Wong will present his study on May 6 at the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (ASITN.) He added that some patients in the study who were previously bedridden became much more active after their fractures were... (EurekAlert!)
New Fractures More Likely After Spine Procedure Jan 26, 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who undergo vertebroplasty, a procedure in which the spine is injected with a sealant to stabilize a fractured vertebra, one of the bones that make up the spinal column, is associated with an accelerated rate of fractures in adjacent vertebrae, according to new report. "There may be an increased risk for developing new vertebral fractures following the vertebroplasty procedure and patients should be warned of this risk," Dr. Andrew T. Trout from the Mayo... (MEDLINEplus)
Vertebroplasty Improves Back Pain, Activity Level, Mayo Clinic Study Reports Jan 1, 2006
A Mayo Clinic study has found patients report less back pain at rest and while active following vertebroplasty, a procedure in which medical cement is injected into painful compression fractures in the spinal vertebrae due to osteoporosis ... "These findings give us as good evidence as there is -- in a study without a group receiving another or no treatment for comparison -- that patients are more functional for up to a year after vertebroplasty than before vertebroplasty," says David Kallmes,... (Science Daily)
