Tissue Engineering
Percutaneous vertebroplasty can be successfully CT-guided
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 8th, 2006
According to researchers from Germany, "The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy and safety of CT-guided percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of vertebral compression fractures. The primary objectives were pain reduction and bone-cement leakage during a long-term follow-up in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures."
T.J. Vogl and colleagues, University of Frankfurt, explained, "CT-guided percutaneous vertebroplasty was carried out in 61 patients (mean age 71.4 years; range 42-83; female...
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