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 ...

Getting back surgery to fix fractures caused by compression of the spine may not be any more beneficial than more conservative treatments, according to a new study of Medicare patients. Researchers ...

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. Mindy Basara reports. No weather data ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patients with spinal compression fractures who were braced to treat their injury had comparable pain, function and healing outcomes to those in patients who did not wear a brace for the same injury, ...

Study design: A case report with long-term follow after a surgical procedure. Objectives: To describe a case of intradural arachnoid cyst secondary to a compression fracture in the thoracic spine and ...

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