Mayo Clinic Minute: How vertebroplasty can reduce back pain for some
Complaints of back pain are on the rise. About 40% of people in the U.S. experience back pain, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study That's up 10% over the past 20 years. Dr. David A. Miller, a Mayo Clinic diagnostic radiologist, explains how vertebroplasty, an outpatient procedure to stabilize fractures in the vertebrae by using bone cement, can reduce back pain. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBZXkXfLt-w Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 7, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
IZI Medical launches cement flow aid for vertebroplasty procedures
Oncology device manufacturer IZI Medical Products has released Vertefix HV Cemen...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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IZI Medical Products Announces the Launch of Vertefix(R) HV Cement with Insite(TM) Tracking Beads
OWINGS MILLS, Md., Aug. 2, 2021 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- IZI Medical Products, LLC ("IZI"), a leading manufacturer of interventional radiology devices and products to treat vertebral compression fractures, announces the offic... Devices, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic, Product Launch IZI Medical Products, Vertefix HV Cement, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - August 2, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What Are the Risks of Vertebroplasty?
Title: What Are the Risks of Vertebroplasty?Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 4/24/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General)
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 24, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Spinal Augmentation Safe, Effective for Malignant Fractures Spinal Augmentation Safe, Effective for Malignant Fractures
Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and kyphoplasty (KP) are safe and effective for treating vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) in cancer patients, according to a new systematic review.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines - March 14, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Orthopaedics News Source Type: news
Spinal Fusions Ineffective for Fracture Pain, Says ASBMR Spinal Fusions Ineffective for Fracture Pain, Says ASBMR
Vertebroplasty does not work to relieve pain from a spinal fracture caused by osteoporosis, concludes a new review. Rather, time is a great healer and patients should receive osteoporosis medications.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
IZI Medical picks up Cook Medical ’ s Quick-Core biopsy and breast localization needle assets
IZI Medical Products extended its M&A spree today with the acquisition of a set of biopsy and breast localization needles from Cook Medical for an undisclosed amount.
Last September YY-based IZI picked up Benvenue Medical’s vertebral augmentation portfolio, also for an undisclosed amount; in May 2017, the company paid an unspecified price for Cook’s vertebroplasty devices, including the Duro-Ject Osteo-Site, Osteo-Force and Vertefix brands.
The latest deal with Cook includes the Quick-Core biopsy needle, MReye breast localization coil and the Kopans and X-Reidy lesion localization needles, IZI said. The...
Source: Mass Device - January 8, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Featured Mergers & Acquisitions Wall Street Beat Women's Health Cook Medical IZI Mecial Products LLC Source Type: news
Benvenue Medical deals vertebral augmentation assets to IZI Medical Products
Benvenue Medical said today it divested its vertebral augmentation systems portfolio to IZI Medical Products for an undisclosed amount.
The divested assets include Benvenue’s Kiva VCF treatment system, the Kiva Pilot and Blazer vertebral augmentation system devices, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Benvenue Medical said.
Benvenue said that with the sale, the company will focus on its Luna 3D interbody fusion system, and that it will continue its surgeon-focused spine device development and US operations.
“IZI Medical’s acquisition of the Kiva and associated VCF product franchise allows us to singularly focus on our ...
Source: Mass Device - September 13, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Mergers & Acquisitions Spinal Benvenue Medical Inc izimedical Source Type: news
Medtronic wins expanded FDA indications for Kyphon HV-R bone cement
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said yesterday it won expanded FDA 510(k) clearance for its Kyphon HV-R bone cement designed for the fixation of pathological fractures of the sacral vertebral body.
The Fridley, Minn.-based company’s Kyphon HV-R bone cement is now indicated for treating pathological fractures of the vertebral body due to osteoporosis, cancer or benign lesions using a cementoplasty procedure.
The cement is also indicated for the fixation of pathological fractures of the sacral vertebral body or ala using sacral vertebroplasty or sacroplasty, the company said.
“Patients who experience sacral insufficiency ...
Source: Mass Device - June 21, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: 510(k) Orthopedics Regulatory/Compliance Spinal Medtronic Source Type: news
Medtronic ’s Momentum in Innovation Continues
Medtronic seems to be on a roll when it comes to innovation. The Dublin-based company has received the greenlight from FDA for an expanded indication of the Kyphon HV-R Bone Cement.
Under the new indication, Medtronic can market Kyphon for the fixation of pathological fractures of the sacral vertebral body using sacral vertebroplasty or sacroplasty.
Sacral insufficiency fractures (SIFs) are a common cause of debilitating back pain. SIFs mimic the symptoms of lumbar spine pathology. Studies show more than two-thirds of patients diagnosed with SIFs aren't able to associate their pain with a traumatic event. As a result, phys...
Source: MDDI - June 20, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Orthopedics Source Type: news
Vertebroplasty Treatment For Spine Fractures
Title: Vertebroplasty Treatment For Spine FracturesCategory: Doctor's& Expert's views on SymptomsCreated: 8/4/1998 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/13/2018 2:55:10 PM (Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General)
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 13, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Vertebroplasty No Better Than Local Anesthetic for Pain Vertebroplasty No Better Than Local Anesthetic for Pain
The results ' do not support...vertebroplasty as standard pain treatment in patients with acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, ' say researchers. Local anesthetic seems just as good.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Vertebroplasty Does Not Up Pain Relief in Osteoporotic Fracture
THURSDAY, May 10, 2018 -- For patients with acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, percutaneous vertebroplasty does not result in significantly greater pain relief than a sham procedure at 12 months, according to a study published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 10, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Featured Review: Vertebroplasty for treating spinal fractures due to osteoporosis
High quality evidence shows that vertebroplasty does not provide more clinically important benefits than placebo but may cause people harm.Osteoporosis is characterised by thin, fragile bones and may result in minimal trauma fractures of the spine bones (vertebrae). They can cause severe pain and disability. Vertebroplasty involves injecting medical-grade cement into a fractured vertebra through a needle, under light sedation or general anaesthesia. The cement hardens in the bone space to form an internal cast. This procedure has been widely used to treat osteoporotic vertebral fractures, although two placebo-controlled tr...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - March 19, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Appeals court shoots down Synthes bid to unseal grand jury records in Norian bone cement trial
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Synthes lost its bid to have some rand jury records unsealed for a wrongful death lawsuit brought over its Norian bone cements.
At least 5 patients died during otherwise routine operations after the Norian cement was used off-label in their spine surgeries. The bone cement was initially developed by a company called Norian, which Synthes bought in 1999 for about $50 million. Synthes, in turn, was acquired by J&J for $21.3 billion in 2012.
The FDA approved Norian for use in arm bones and portions of the skull, but in 2007 required Synthes to put a warning label on ...
Source: Mass Device - September 12, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Legal News Orthopedics depuysynthes johnsonandjohnson Norian Corp. Source Type: news
