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2. Vertebral augmentation - Wikipedia

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   Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are the two most common procedures for spinal augmentation. These medical terms are classical compounds of the suffix -plasty meaning "molding or shaping surgically" (from Ancient Greek plastós "molded, formed") and the prefixes vertebro-"vertebra" (from Latin vertebra "joint, joint of the spine") and kypho-"humped; stooping forward" (from Ancient Greek kyphos ...

3. Radiofrequency targeted vertebral augmentation - Wikipedia

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   Radiofrequency targeted vertebral augmentation is a minimally invasive procedure designed to preserve good bone while performing vertebral augmentation (sometimes referred to as kyphoplasty). [2] With traditional kyphoplasty, a balloon is used to create a space within the cancellous bone and then cement is injected into the space.

4. Kyphosis - Wikipedia

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   Surgical treatment can be used in severe cases. In patients with progressive kyphotic deformity due to vertebral collapse, a procedure called a kyphoplasty may arrest the deformity and relieve the pain. Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure, [19] requiring only a small opening in the skin. The main goal is to return the damaged vertebra ...

5. Medtronic Launches Kyphon Cannula for Balloon Kyphoplasty - AOL

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6. Joshua A. Hirsch - Wikipedia

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   Joshua A. Hirsch (born 1969) is an American interventional pain management physician [1] [2] [3] and radiologist. [4] [2] He specialises in percutaneous vertebroplasty, [5] percutaneous sacroplasty, [6] and minimally invasive spine surgery. [7]

7. Bone cement - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic, self-curing organic or inorganic material used to fill up a cavity or to create a mechanical fixation. Note 1: In situ self-curing can be the source of released reagents that can cause local and/or systemic toxicity as in the case of the monomer released from methacrylics-based bone cement used in orthopedic surgery.

8. Sharon Stone Reveals Unexpected Family Link to Royalty - AOL

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   Sharon Stone "feels particularly good" after finding out that she has royal blood in her veins.. The actress recently appeared on the TV series Finding Your Roots, which looks at the ancestry of ...

9. Interventional radiology - Wikipedia

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   Vertebral augmentation, which includes vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, are similar spinal procedures in which bone cement is injected through a small hole in the skin into a fractured vertebra to try to relieve back pain caused by a vertebral compression fractures.