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 ...
MRI reduces vertebral compression fracture misdiagnoses before cementing MRI reduces the rate of misdiagnosis of acute lesions and hidden lesions before percutaneous cement augmentation procedures.
Amber Implants CEO and co-founder Dr Banafsheh Sajadi said: “The VCFix Spinal System is a groundbreaking vertebral ...
Compression fractures of the neck, chest and lower spine are more common than hip fractures. They can cause loss of function, chronic pain, depression, and loss of independence. For all these reasons, ...
Dear Dr. Roach: I fell about three months ago and sustained a compression fracture of my T11 vertebra. What can I do? The pain is about the same as it was then. There’s numbness on the outside of my ...