Tag: cancer
Vertebral augmentation surgeries demonstrate positive clinical outcomes for cancer-related spinal compression...
Vertebral augmentation surgeries—such as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty—for the treatment of cancer-related spinal compression fractures are associated with statistically significant positive outcomes, particularly when compared to nonsurgical...
Brachytherapy cement could be used to treat spinal tumours
Study results presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society (12–16 February, virtual) report that a radioactive bone cement could provide...
World-first implantation of 3D-printed vertebrae takes place in Australia
Ralph Mobbs, a neurosurgeon from the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia, has replaced two cancerous vertebrae with 3D-printed implants, according to a report...
Danish study finds five-times higher incidence of cancer in adolescent idiopathic...
In a study of the incidence of cancer in a cohort of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients treated 25 years previously, investigators have found...