Any condition that puts pressure within the spinal canal causes spinal cord compression. As your spinal cord is protected by a stack of backbones called 'vertebrae', and they also hold your body ...

This week we are going to discuss a common condition that occurs in patients with osteoporosis and osteopenia—the compression fracture of the spine. Compression fractures of the spine often occur with ...

Among patients with compression fractures, outcomes of disability, back pain, and progression of anterior body compression were similar among those treated without a brace or with soft or rigid braces ...

October 4, 2010 — The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors approved and issued a clinical practice guideline for treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic spinal compression.

Study design: A case report of thoracic spinal cord compression in a 34-year-old male with beta-thalassemia is reported. Objectives: In patients with thalassemia, neurologic complaints should lead to ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

This week we are going to discuss a common condition that is extremely painful and sometimes insidious—the compression fracture of the spine. Patients suffering from osteoporosis, osteopenia and any ...

THURSDAY, May 10, 2018 -- In a new study, a widely used form of spinal surgery was no more effective than placebo in treating spinal fracture pain for people with osteoporosis. Researchers and experts ...

Three physicians were cleared in a spine patient’s $3 million lawsuit that alleged his diagnosis was delayed, Missouri Lawyers reported Dec. 17. A jury ruled that emergency medicine physician Ronald ...

Stryker ($SYK) has completed its acquisition of Becton Dickinson's ($BDX) CareFusion portfolio of vertebral compression fracture products. The deal, struck in March ...