Report predicts that Verebroplasty procedures will catch up with Kyphoplasty procedures

MedMarket Report:  Vertebral Compression Fracture Treatment Technologies

Vertebral compression fractures result primarily from osteoporosis and the consequent weakening of bones, including those in the spine. VCFs can result in tremendous back pain both in the short and long term. Because the injured vertebra is compressed and loses height, kyphotic deformity of that particular vertebra and the spine as a whole often results. Kyphosis in and of itself can produce pain long after the vertebral compression fracture has healed. As discussed earlier, several conditions can lead to osteopo...