Tag: vertebral augmentation
BASS 2022: Vertebral augmentation can significantly shorten length of hospital stay...
Hospitalised patients with vertebral fragility fractures (VFF) represent a significant number, cost and use of bed days in England, however those who had early...
Spinal News International’s top 10 most popular stories of December 2021
A whole host of research, on topics ranging from sciatica surgery and spinal cord stimulation to vertebral augmentation and laminectomy plus instrumented fusion, dominated...
US FDA clears Stryker’s AVAflex balloon system
Stryker has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its AVAflex balloon system. The device is available with Stryker’s bone cements...
Osseon receives new patent for bone augmentation system
Osseon has received a new US patent for a Steerable and Curvable cavity creation system, patent number US 9,510,885.
This new device will add to...
Vertebral augmentation significantly reduces pain in patients with cervical spinal metastases
Rafael De la Garza-Ramos (Monterrey, Mexico, currently resident at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, USA) and others report in the International Journal of Spine Surgery...