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- noun surgery A
medical procedure wherebone cement isinjected percutaneously into a fracturedvertebra with the goal of relieving the pain of vertebral compression fractures.
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TheNew England Journal of Medicine that showed that the use of an expandable disk, called a vertebroplasty, which is inserted to expand and support the partially collapsed vertebrae in your back, is no better than placebo.
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The surgeons say the evidence against vertebroplasty is strong, and they don’t expect future studies to overturn their recommendations.
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But in the first two studies to rigorously examine the effect of the procedure, known as vertebroplasty, researchers found no detectable benefit when compared with a pretend surgery.
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But in the first two studies to rigorously examine the effect of the procedure, known as vertebroplasty, researchers found no detectable benefit when compared with a placebo group of patients who received a sham procedure that only mimicked the real thing.
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Medtronic's kyphoplasty, for example, is very similar to a procedure called vertebroplasty, which utterly failed to show any benefit in two big studies where it was compared to a fake operation.
Medtronic's Back Surgery Woes Worse Than People Think - Robert Langreth - Treatments - Forbes 2010
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Medtronic's kyphoplasty, for example, is very similar to a procedure called vertebroplasty, which utterly failed to show any benefit in two big studies where it was compared to a fake operation.
Medtronic's Back Surgery Woes Worse Than People Think - Robert Langreth - Treatments - Forbes 2010
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They reviewed all the literature about the procedure, and found two good-quality studies (randomized controlled trials) that show vertebroplasty works no better than a fake (placebo) procedure.
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In vertebroplasty, a type of cement is injected into the vertebrae of the spine.
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One type of surgery that's become popular over the last decade or two is vertebroplasty.
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Aside from data showing that elective angioplasties don't save lives, a recent study found that vertebroplasty, a common procedure to treat pain from back fractures, was no better than a placebo treatment with a shot to temporarily numb the area.
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midair commented on the word vertebroplasty
vertebroplasty is a widely practiced procedure to stabilize
compression fractures. As a minimally invasive technique it is generally performed on an outpatient basis.
August 6, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word vertebroplasty
"Two studies last year in the NEJM New England Journal of Medicine showed that vertebroplasty, in which cement is inserted through a needle into the spine to stabilize vertebrae, is no more effective at reducing pain and disability than fake surgery (anesthesia, small incision for the needle, no cement). That suggests it is the hope and expectations of patients, not the procedure, that help. Yet about 170,000 vertebroplasties are done every year, at a typical cost of $5,000."
—Sharon Begley, "This Won't Hurt a Bit," Newsweek, March 15, 2010
March 17, 2010
reesetee commented on the word vertebroplasty
Ouch.
March 18, 2010
bilby commented on the word vertebroplasty
My Little Phonies :-)
March 18, 2010