There are approximately 20 000 new patients diagnosed with myeloma in the United States each year.1 With the availability of better treatments and resultant improved survival, there are currently ...

Stryker’s Interventional Spine business unit announced in a press release the introduction of its iVAS inflatable vertebral augmentation system, a minimally invasive device cleared for use in treating ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced that Noridian Administrative Services, a major Medicare Administrative Contractor providing Medicare insurance coverage in 11 ...

A study of 69,000 Medicare patient records led by Johns Hopkins researchers shows that people with spine compression fractures who undergo operations to strengthen back bones with cement survive ...

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October 1, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for a vertebral augmentation device (Parallax Contour; Arthrocare Corp) for vertebral void creation followed by ...

This section describes efficacy outcomes from the published literature that the committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see ...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crosstrees Medical, Inc. today announced that it has completed enrollment of the company sponsored pivotal IDE study, “Clinical Evaluation of the Crosstrees™ PVA Pod ...

"Routine use of vertebral augmentation for pain relief after vertebral fracture is not supported by current data," a new report commissioned by the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research ...

A study of 69,000 Medicare patient records shows that people with spine compression fractures who undergo operations to strengthen back bones with cement survive longer and have shorter overall ...