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General Research

• The Dynamic Mobility of Vertebral Compression Fractures
  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research - January 2003, Volume 18, Number 1, Page 24
• Occurrence of New Vertebral Body Fracture after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Patients with Osteoporosis
  Radiology 2003 226: 119-124 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2261011911)
• Vertebral Compression Fractures: Pain Reduction and Improvement in Functional Mobility after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
  Radiology 2003 226: 366-372. December 2002
• Prospective Evaluation of Pain Relief in 100 Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Vertebroplasty (PDF file)
  Results and Follow-up (McGraw, et al, JVIR, Sept 2002)
• Vertebroplasty in the Mid- and Upper Thoracic Spine
  AJNR Aug 2002
• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Severe Osteoporotic Vertebral Body Compression Fractures
  Peh, et al, Radiology, Feb 2002

Patient Information

• View a live procedure video with Dr. Joshua Hirsch
• View a vertebroplasty procedure animation
  

Clinical Articles

• Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty Produce the Same Degree of Height Restoration
  AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2009 30: 669-673 originally published online on January 8 2009, 10.3174/ajnr.A1442 .
• Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation: An Elevation in Adjacent-Level Fracture Risk in Kyphoplasty as Compared With Vertebroplasty. The Spine Journal, 2007, Dr. B. Frankel
• The Vertebral Body Fracture in Osteoporosis: Restoration of Height Using Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
  American Journal of Neuroradiology 26:489-492, March 2005. Authors: Arthur B. Dublina et al.
• Kyphosis correction and height restoration effects of percutaneous vertebroplasty.
  AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Oct;24(9):1893-900. Authors: Teng MM et al.

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