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 ...
Informed consent: Timely issues from the past. Factors motivating patients with advanced cancer to participate in phase II trials No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO ...
Phase 1 first-in-human dose escalation study of cp-751,871, a specific monoclonal antibody against the insulin like growth factor 1 receptor No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is ...
Background: Vertebral body fractures are a source of high costs for the health care system and will continue to be one as the population ages. Cost-effective treatment is thus all the more important.
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 ...
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 ...
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is examining percutaneous vertebroplasty and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the NHS in England and Wales. The Institute's ...
The following article is written by Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting. Kyphoplasty procedures are a modification of percutaneous vertebroplasty procedures and are ...