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Vertebral Augmentation: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

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Osteoporosis is manifested by low mineral density or by the presence of fragility fractures. The occurrence of an atraumatic vertebral fracture is sufficient enough to establish a diagnosis of osteoporosis. In 1996, the incidence of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures was 700,000 which surpasses the combined fractures of the ankle and the hip. For several decades, vertebral compression fractures were thought to be benign and self-limited. This view evolved from at least two-thirds of fractures never being reported by patients to their physicians. If diagnosed, most patients underwent conservative treatment.

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  1. Center for Interventional Pain & Spine, Newark, DE, USA

    Philip S. Kim M.D.

  2. Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA

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  1. The Center for Pain Relief, Inc., West Virginia University, 400 Court Street, Suite 100, Charleston, 25301, West Virginia, USA

    Timothy R. Deer

  2. Stanford Pain Management Center, Redwood City, CA, Clinic Chief, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, 94065, California, USA

    Michael S. Leong

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College, Professor, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, 60612, Illinois, USA

    Asokumar Buvanendran

  4. Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, 17033-0850, Pennsylvania, USA

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  5. Center for Interventional Pain and Spine, Newark, DE USA, Medical Director, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, 19010, Pennsylvania, USA

    Philip S. Kim

  6. President, National Institute of Pain, Tampa, 33558, Florida, USA

    Sunil J. Panchal

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    Albert L. Ray

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Kim, P.S. (2013). Vertebral Augmentation: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty. In: Deer, T., et al. Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1560-2_52

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