Vertebroplasty provides pain relief and better quality of life at long-term follow-up link to OrthoSuperSite.com
When other medical treatments failed, patients properly selected for vertebroplasty reported their symptoms improved dramatically after undergoing the procedure. Many of them experienced continued improvements in symptoms through an average 31 months postoperative, according to results of a study conducted by Italian investigators.
Interventional radiologist Giovanni C. Anselmetti, MD, of the Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Turin, Italy, and colleagues performed vert...