Dr. Buchbinder and colleagues performed a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the short-term efficacy of vertebroplasty compared with that of a sham procedure ...

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 ...

Vertebroplasty denotes a shorter term for percutaneous vertebroplasty, which is an image-guided therapeutic approach used for the treatment of painful or unstable vertebral body compression fractures ...

An expensive and common procedure treating back pain from osteoporosis turns out to be ineffective, no better than a fake surgery, two major studies have found. Called vertebroplasty, the procedure ...

Vertebroplasty is a safe and effective procedure to reduce acute pain and disability in patients who have experienced spinal fractures within a 6-week period, according to a new study. In this ...

Vertebroplasty is a surgical procedure used to treat a compression fracture of the spinal vertebrae by restoring the strength and height of the collapsed bone. It is usually performed for patients ...

TAMPA, Fla. (March 15, 2010)—Patient selection is key for vertebroplasty—a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists in individuals with painful osteoporotic vertebral ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 2007 study claimed that an estimated 1.7 million vertebral compression fractures occur every year in Europe ...

Treating non-osteoporotic compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, shows that the use of vertebroplasty -- a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional ...

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 ...

Vertebroplasty has become a common treatment for painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures, but there is limited evidence to support its use. We performed a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, ...

Two randomized controlled trials have shown no significant differences in outcome between vertebroplasty and a sham procedure in patients with back pain and vertebral fracture. What conclusions can be ...