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Vertebroplasty is intended to strengthen the spine, relieve pain, and reduce disability.
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But it turns out she got relief without getting the procedure, called Vertebroplasty, a common treatment for patients with painful back fractures from osteoporosis.
Alanat News 2009
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Vertebroplasty is one of a growing number of minimally invasive procedures performed by specialists like Dr. Schirf, known as interventional radiologists.
Cutting Back Laura Landro 2010
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Vertebroplasty is one of a growing number of minimally invasive procedures performed by specialists like Dr. Schirf, known as interventional radiologists.
Cutting Back Laura Landro 2010
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Vertebroplasty is one of a growing number of minimally invasive procedures performed by specialists like Dr. Schirf, known as interventional radiologists.
Cutting Back Laura Landro 2010
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Vertebroplasty is one of a growing number of minimally invasive procedures performed by specialists like Dr. Schirf, known as interventional radiologists.
Cutting Back Laura Landro 2010
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Vertebroplasty is intended to strengthen the spine, relieve pain, and reduce disability.
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Getty Images Vertebroplasty is usually performed by radiologists, who inject bone cement directly into a fractured vertebra to shore it up.
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Vertebroplasty is usually performed by radiologists, who inject bone cement directly into a fractured vertebra to shore it up.
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"Vertebroplasty should not be done any longer, unless it's in the setting of a study," said Jeffrey Jarvik, of the University of Washington, who served as the senior author on one of the studies, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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