Nonoperative Treatment of Osteoporotic Compression Fractures: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Related eMedicine topics:
Fracture, Cervical Spine
Kyphosis
Lower Cervical Spine Fractures and Dislocations
Lumbar Compression Fracture
Lumbar Spine Fractures and Dislocations
Osteoporosis [Orthopedic Surgery]
Osteoporosis [Pediatrics: General Medicine]
Osteoporosis (Primary)
Osteoporosis (Secondary)
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
Thoracic Spine, Trauma
Vertebral Fracture
Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty, Percutaneous

Clinical guidelines:
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® low back pain. American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society.  1996 (revised 2005).  7 pages. [NGC Update Pending] NGC:004786

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® osteoporosis and bone mineral density. American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society.  1998 (revised 2007).  12 pages.  NGC:005990

Clinical trials:
Addressing Vertebral Osteoporosis Incidentally Detected to Prevent Future Fractures (AVOID Fracture)

Comparison of Balloon Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty in Subacute Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures (OSTEO+6)

Comparison of Balloon Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty and Conservative Management in Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures (OSTEO-6)

Denosumab Fracture Intervention Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial in Japanese Patients With Osteoporosis (DIRECT)

The Effect of PTH(1-84) or Alendronate on Reduction of Back Pain in Postmenopausal Women With an Osteoporosis Related Vertebral Fracture(s) (FP-005-IM)

Keywords

compression fracture, osteoporosis, back pain, spine surgery, kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, kyphosis, compression fractures, spine fracture, vertebral fracture, spinal fracture, osteoporosis fracture, osteoporosis spine, vertebral fractures, vertebral compression fracture, spine fractures, osteoporotic, spinal fractures, wedge fracture, osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, diminished bone density, wedge-shaped compression fractures, acquired kyphosis, bone density loss, central crush fracture

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Grant Cooper, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell
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Julie Lin, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Assistant Attending Physiatrist, Physiatry Department, Hospital for Special Surgery
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Joseph M Lane, MD, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Chief, Metabolic Bone Disease Service, Hospital for Special Surgery
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