When vertebral compression fractures cause intense pain and make it difficult to function, a minimally invasive procedure called Kyphoplasty can quickly relieve the pain and restore mobility. Brain ...

Seventy-six patients with a total of 190 vertebral fractures or osteolyses between December 2001 and December 2008 were treated with kyphoplasty in our department. Before the indication for the ...

A kyphoplasty is a procedure used to treat certain fractures in vertebrae, or bones of the spine. The fractures treated by kyphoplasty are compression fractures. These fractures usually occur in bones ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DFine, Inc., developer of minimally invasive solutions for treating vertebral pathologies, announced today that Robert Pflugmacher, M.D., of University Hospital in ...

Many Philadelphians suffering from back and neck pain are reluctant to seek help, perhaps worried that the only two fixes are bed rest or major surgery. But advances in surgical techniques are ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced that Noridian Administrative Services, a major Medicare Administrative Contractor providing Medicare insurance coverage in 11 ...

Nine hospitals in seven states have agreed to pay the United States more than $9.4 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare related to kyphoplasty procedures ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced the U.S. launch of Kyphon Xpede Bone Cement, a quick-to-dough polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement for use in the ...

A kyphoplasty is a procedure used to treat certain fractures in vertebrae, or bones of the spine. The fractures treated by kyphoplasty are compression fractures. These fractures usually occur in bones ...

Barlogie et al established the classic regimen of melphalan plus prednisone (MP) in a randomized trial of 183 patients with myeloma in which survival was 6 months longer with MP compared with ...