Ascendx Spine has announced it has received FDA clearance for a vertebral compression fractures repair system, according to a news release. The Ascendx VCF repair system is designed to allow ...

If osteoporosis has caused a spinal compression fracture, the treatment should address the pain, the fracture, and the underlying osteoporosis to prevent future fractures. All components of treatment ...

This week we are going to discuss a common condition that is extremely painful and sometimes insidious—the compression fracture of the spine. Patients suffering from osteoporosis, osteopenia and any ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Advances in surgical navigation may be breathing new life into an older spine technique, one spine surgeon says. The case ...

Depending on your health, you may be at a higher risk for minor bone fractures. In this edition of ‘Health in Focus’, we talk with from about spinal compression fractures, and who is at risk for this ...

Question: What are spinal compression fractures and how are they caused? Answer: Compression fractures occur most often in the thoracic and lumbar sections of the spine, and can be caused by a ...

Ascendx Spine has announced it has received FDA clearance for a vertebral compression fractures repair system, according to a news release. The Ascendx VCF repair system is designed to allow ...

Osteoporosis of the spine is a progressive loss of the bone mineral, which comprises the vertebra of the spine. When the body “steals” bone mineral from the vertebral bodies, the structural support of ...