vertebroplasty
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editEtymology
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editvertebroplasty (plural vertebroplasties)
- (surgery) A medical procedure where bone cement is injected percutaneously into a fractured vertebra with the goal of relieving the pain of vertebral compression fractures.
- 2009 June 17, Barry Meier, “Synthes, Medical Device Maker, Accused of Improper Marketing”, in New York Times[1]:
- Prosecutors charged Synthes and Norian Corporation with running an unauthorized trial of the bone filler in spinal procedures known as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.