OSTEOLYTIC VERTEBRA METASTASES TREATED WITH KIVA (Orthopedics This Week)
A physician-driven study of 40 patients with painful osteolytic vertebra metastases who investigators treated with the Kiva VCF Treatment System by Benvenue Medical, Inc. found that all of the patients experienced a clinically relevant improvement in their pain and statistically significant functional improvement at the end of one month. According to the researchers, the group experienced a 95% functional improvement and none of the 37 patients who wore a brace prior to intervention required a brace post-procedure. The ed...