Plymouth Meeting, PA - A new review of percutaneous kyphoplasty as a treatment for osteoporosis-related vertebral fracture concludes that the procedure is effective in improving vertebral anatomy, but ...

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 ...

Case report describing sacral kyphoplasty in a patient with sacral hemangioma; the first account of this procedure in a sacral hemangioma. Kyphoplasty and sacroplasty are new, minimally invasive ...

Introduction: Only in recent years has balloon kyphoplasty gained significance in the treatment of vertebral fractures as an adequate minimally invasive vertebral stabilization technique. Kyphoplasty ...

Vertebroplasty involves injecting bone cement, typically polymethylmethacrylate, into the vertebral body (the solid part of the vertebra), using local anaesthetic and an analgesic. Vertebroplasty aims ...

The Department of Health has asked the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to produce guidance on using percutaneous vertebroplasty and percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty for ...