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SUBMITTER: Moser FG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3817678 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moser Franklin G FG Maya Marcel M MM Blaszkiewicz Laura L Scicli Andrea A Miller Larry E LE Block Jon E JE
Journal of osteoporosis 20131020
Vertebral augmentation procedures are widely used to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). We report our initial experience with radiofrequency-targeted vertebral augmentation (RF-TVA) in 20 patients aged 50 to 90 years with single-level, symptomatic osteoporotic VCF between T10 and L5, back pain severity > 4 on a 0 to 10 scale, Oswestry Disability Index ≥ 21%, 20% to 90% vertebral height loss compared to adjacent vertebral body, and fracture age < 6 months. After treatment, ...[more]