Vertebroplasty for patients with osteoporosis provides effective pain relief, study finds
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:22
in Health & Medicine
Patient selection is key for vertebroplasty -- a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists in individuals with painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures that fail to respond to conventional medical therapy -- to be effective and successful, according to a study of more than 1,500 persons who were followed over seven years.