New treatment method reduces pain in patients with vertebral compression fractures

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New treatment method reduces pain in patients with vertebral compression fractures

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Vesselplasty, a new minimally invasive procedure, increases mobility, and reduces pain and the need for pain killers in patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), according to a study performed at the Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain. Vesselplasty is a new alternative to vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty -- two conventional VCF treatment methods. "Vesselplasty solves the problem of leakage of cement out of the vertebral body which can happen during both vertebrop

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