Dr. Ari Salis, the director of interventional radiology and chairman of radiology at Concord Hospital, discusses interventional radiology and how it can help treat vertebral compression fractures. An ...

Compression fracture treatments can be surgical or nonsurgical, depending on the severity of the injury. A compression fracture typically occurs in the vertebrae (bones of the spine) and can reduce ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vertebral compression fractures are most commonly caused by osteoporosis, but these injuries can also result ...

The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the prevalence and clinical outcomes of unreported vertebral compression fractures in 2015 patients who underwent abdominal CT from 2000 to 2007, ...

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 ...

Today, a new treatment launches for osteoporosis patients worried about developing severe spine curvature. Spine tech startup Benvenue Medical, based in Santa Clara, Calif., announced the full ...

A compression fracture of the back occurs when the bones of your spine (vertebrae) collapse. This can lead to poor posture, pain, loss of height, and a variety of other symptoms. Compression fractures ...

Aug. 6 -- WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies suggest that vertebroplasty, a widely used surgery to help heal compression fractures, is no better than "sham" surgery when it comes to ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

Zebra Medical is adding another deep-learning algorithm to its medical image analysis platform. The new addition, which can identify vertebral fractures, joins other algorithms that can detect bone ...

The main symptom you’ll notice with a spinal compression fracture is back pain. It may start gradually and get worse over time or come on suddenly and sharply. But regardless of how it happens, it’s ...