Vertebroplasty


Calls to review funding of unproven spinal procedure

A bitter brawl has erupted over the spinal procedure vertebroplasty, with new research finding that the Medicare covered procedure is “no better than [a] placebo”.

Spinal procedure possibly no better than sham surgery

A procedure performed regularly on thousands of people with painful spinal fractures may not in fact work, according to the preliminary results of scientific studies.