"Prior to treatment, the vast majority of patients could not walk without assistance and required the strongest prescription medications to control pain. One week after the procedure, more than three ...

Sponsored by Charles Theofilos, M.D. A kyphoplasty is a procedure used to treat certain fractures in vertebrae, or bones of the spine. The fractures treated by kyphoplasty are compression fractures.

CHICAGO — Patients with vertebral compression fractures who underwent kyphoplasty experienced higher rates of mortality compared with patients who did not undergo kyphoplasty, according to results ...

Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that doesn't take long, and reduces the patient's pain significantly and quickly. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno woman spent two months with back pain.

When vertebral compression fractures cause intense pain and make it difficult to function, a minimally invasive procedure called Kyphoplasty can quickly relieve the pain and restore mobility. Brain ...

Medtronic Spine paid $75 million to settle allegations the company defrauded Medicare by counseling hospital providers to perform kyphoplasty procedures as an inpatient procedure when an outpatient ...

Amber Implants, an innovative medical technology company developing next-generation implants for spinal injuries, today announced it has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration ...

First Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Benvenue's Kiva VCF Treatment System to Medtronic's Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty Concludes Ahead of Schedule - Pre-Defined Criteria for Early Stopping of ...

Fourteen hospitals have agreed to pay more than $12 million combined to settle federal allegations that they defrauded Medicare by overbilling for kyphoplasty procedures, according to a news release ...