Odds of vertebral compression fractures or surgical intervention were significantly lower among GLP-1 RA users.

Any condition that puts pressure within the spinal canal causes spinal cord compression. As your spinal cord is protected by a stack of backbones called 'vertebrae', and they also hold your body ...

Spinal stenosis is usually a chronic condition, but treatments can help manage symptoms and prevent disability. Learn more.

This week we are going to discuss a common condition that occurs in patients with osteoporosis and osteopenia—the compression fracture of the spine. Compression fractures of the spine often occur with ...

Among patients with compression fractures, outcomes of disability, back pain, and progression of anterior body compression were similar among those treated without a brace or with soft or rigid braces ...

October 4, 2010 — The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors approved and issued a clinical practice guideline for treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic spinal compression.

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

One common cause of a curved back is poor posture. This type, called postural kyphosis, usually develops over time due to ...

This week we are going to discuss a common condition that is extremely painful and sometimes insidious—the compression fracture of the spine. Patients suffering from osteoporosis, osteopenia and any ...

Study design: A case of thoracic spinal cord compression due to tumoral calcinosis (TC) is reported. Setting: Galiza, Spain. Case report: A 59-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 2-month ...