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News

eOrthopod News brings you the latest information gathered from scientific journals, medical conferences and interviews with health care providers. Browse the latest information available about conditions and procedures involving the bones, muscles and joints.

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Surgeons in Greece Report on Efforts to Reduce Problems with Balloon Kyphoplasty 9 weeks 15 hours ago 145
Technical and Metabolic Risk Factors Found in Vertebral Compression Fractures 43 weeks 1 day ago 265
Update on Scheuermanns Disease for Adults: What's the Latest? 1 year 8 weeks ago 715
Risk Factors for Vertebral Fractures After Vertebroplasty 1 year 9 weeks ago 463
A Review of Spinal Cord Injuries 1 year 26 weeks ago 738
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Frequently Asked Questions

Got a question? eOrthopod FAQs brings you the answers to common questions about conditions and procedures involving the bones, muscles and joints. Browse the database of questions or use the search tool to find the information you need.

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Our Dad is in the hospital with two nasty vertebral compression fractures. He has very brittle bones from osteoporosis. They are trying to decide whether or not to do a balloon kyphoplasty. We are wondering if it makes any sense to do this when all the other bones are weak, too. Treating one level won't stop the problem from occurring in the other bones, will it? 9 weeks 1 hour ago 80
We are back at the orthopedic surgeon's office with my 83-year-old mother. That sounds old as I type it, but she is really very active and still very sharp. Two years ago, she had a balloon kyphoplasty surgery for a spine fracture at T10. The same thing has happened again only in a different spot in her spine. We are wondering if there have been any newer or improved treatment ideas developed since that time that we should ask the surgeon about. 9 weeks 1 hour ago 91
My father had a kyphoplasty done for a fractured spine and ended up with a second fracture in the next spinal level. We took him to a second surgeon for an opinion about what caused the two fractures. She told us the first fracture was because of brittle bones. The second fracture was likely caused by too much cement oozing out of the kyphoplasty. Wouldn't extra cement make it stronger, not weaker? 43 weeks 1 day ago 275
Tell me about balloon kyphoplasty to treat a spinal compression fracture. I read about this on-line but it sounds too good to be true. What's the downside? 43 weeks 1 day ago 207
Is it possible to have a burst fracture of the spine and NOT have surgery? I find this hard to understand for someone like my mother who is in quite a bit of pain from this type of problem. 47 weeks 1 day ago 191

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