Osteoporosis

Feds say risks may not back up spine-fracture treatment

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 4th, 2003

Injecting a special glue into osteoporosis-caused spinal fractures is a pain-easing treatment growing in popularity, but the U.S. government is reminding doctors that it may be linked to serious and occasionally life-threatening side effects.

Bone-thinning osteoporosis can cause people to lose height and suffer serious pain as their vertebrae crack. Using procedures called vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty, doctors can stabilize or even prop back up the crushed bone with injections of bone cement.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has never approved that specific use of bone cement, although the procedures have been increasingly offered since...

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