Background Percutaneous vertebroplasty is increasingly used for treatment of pain in patients
with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, but the efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and …

PURPOSE: To prospectively assess short-term, midterm, and long-term pain relief in patients
with painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) treated with percutaneous …

PURPOSE: To prospectively assess the short-term clinical outcome of patients with
subacute or chronic painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCF) treated with …

Objective: To determine whether alfacalcidol—used in management of overt renal bone
disease—may safely prevent renal bone disease when used earlier in course of renal failure. …

PURPOSE: To prospectively assess the incidence, location, and possible causative
mechanisms of new vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) in 66 symptomatic patients with …

Objective To assess whether percutaneous vertebroplasty results in more pain relief than a
sham procedure in patients with acute osteoporotic compression fractures of the vertebral …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: PV is increasingly used as treatment for osteoporotic
VCFs. However, controversy exists as to whether PV increases the risk for new VCFs during …

PURPOSE: Oral treatment of osteoporosis with bisphosphonates relies on compliance, the
absorption being low and suppressed by simultaneous food intake. Intravenous (IV) …

Background: Common bile duct stones are still a frequent problem. Although new diagnostic
and therapeutic techniques are continually being development, they remain poorly defined. …

Background Whether people living with HIV who have not received antiretroviral therapy (ART)
and have high CD4 cell counts have higher mortality than the general population is …