ALLMedicine™ Osteoporotic Compression Fractures Center

Jan 20th, 2023 - Vertebroplasty has emerged over the last 30 years as a common treatment for painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Patient selection and the time at which vertebroplasty is offered to the patient varies between centres and regions. Vertebroplas...

Nov 30th, 2022 - Therapy of very severe osteoporotic compression fractures (VSOVCF) has been a growing challenge for spine surgeons. Opinions vary regarding the optimal surgical procedure for the treatment of VSOVCF and which internal fixation method is more effec...

Nov 29th, 2022 - Vertebral compression fractures affect an estimated 1.4 million patients in the world annually and incidence rates rise exponentially with age, especially in women. Outcomes following non-interventional management of these injuries are generally p...

Oct 13th, 2022 - Painful vertebral osteoporotic compression fractures (OCFs) are often treated with cement augmentation, although controversies exist as to whether or not this increases the secondary fracture risk. Prevention of secondary fracture includes treatme...

Sep 27th, 2022 - The aim of this study was to formulate the WFNS Spine Committee guidelines on indications, outcomes, and complications of vertebral augmentation in osteoporotic spine fractures. Computerized literature was searched from 2010 to 2021 using keywords...

Nov 29th, 2022 - Vertebral compression fractures affect an estimated 1.4 million patients in the world annually and incidence rates rise exponentially with age, especially in women. Outcomes following non-interventional management of these injuries are generally p...

Aug 7th, 2018 - Bracing has been considered as a landmark step in conservative management for osteoporotic compression fractures. However, no prospective, randomized, and controlled clinical trials are available to document for the efficacy of wearing of the rigi...

Sep 6th, 2017 - Background Despite current academic debates percutaneous vertebroplasty (VP) has been convincingly used for the treatment of osteoporotic compression fractures all around the world. Polymethylmethacrylate bone cement is directly injected into a fr...

Sep 11th, 2015 - The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of bone cement injection (PVP) for patients with acute painful osteoporotic compression fractures, as compared with a simulated procedure with injection of Lidocaine. Our hypothesis is, that ...

Nov 18th, 2014 - Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of bone cement injection in PV for patients with acute painful osteoporotic compression fractures, as compared with a simulated placebo procedure without injection of bone cement. We hypothesize that patients wh...

Jan 28th, 2019 - EVIDENCE SUMMARY A 2015 meta-analysis of 8 RCTs compared pain reduction in adults >50 years with osteoporotic compression fractures who received either vertebral augmentation (vertebroplasty or balloon kyphoplasty; 495 patients) or conservative or.