For VCF Fractures, balloons are out and KIVA is in

BALLOONS OUT – KIVA IN – FOR VCFS (Orthopedics This Week)
For patients suffering with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) which treatment is superior —balloon kyphoplasty or the Kiva VCF Treatment System by Benvenue Medical, Inc.? An independent, peer-reviewed study published online and in the February 15 edition of Spine, found that the Kiva system significantly restored vertebral body wedge deformity and resulted in lower rates of extravasation and cement volume than balloon kyphoplasty.
PR Newswire quoted Panagiotis Korovessis, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ...