Studies find spinal procedure no more effective than placebo
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 21:35
in Health & Medicine
Vertebroplasty, a surgery in which cement is injected to fill spinal cracks caused by osteoporosis, is performed 80,000 times a year in the U.S. to relieve patients' back pain. A widely used surgical procedure in which cement is used to fortify cracks in the spine is no better than a sham operation, two groups of researchers independently reported today in the New England...