November 23, 2021 – Total hip replacement may affect the development of a type of pelvic stress fracture, sacral insufficiency fracture (SIF), suggests a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
The FDA granted Medtronic 510(k) clearance of KyphonHV-R Bone Cement for treatment of pathological sacral vertebral body fractures using sacral vertebroplasty or sacroplasty. 1. Kyphon Xpede Bone ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My 94-year-old mother has a sacral fracture, diagnosed after a fall six weeks ago. A CT scan diagnosed the fracture. She was put on Tylenol 3, and when that didn't help the pain much, ...