This week we are going to discuss a fracture of the spine which occurs many times spontaneously as a result of osteoporosis. The spinal compression fracture is a fracture of the vertebral body (the ...

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 ...

Spinal compression fractures are fairly common as people age, and while they heal without the need for surgery most of the time, that's not always the case.A spinal compression fracture happens when ...

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 ...

Unfortunately, with age, spinal compression fracture risk increases. These fractures are most common in the elderly, post-menopausal women over 55 and those who suffer from osteoporosis, or ...

Older patients who went to the emergency room (ER) for acute back pain from a nontraumatic vertebral compression fracture were rarely screened or treated for osteoporosis in a study at a single center ...

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