The following article has been provided by Dr. Neeraj Jain, Senior Consultant, Pain Clinic, Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute All you teenagers, young guns and cell phone addicts out there! Next time you are exchanging any text message with your friends or colleagues, beware! You may end up suffering...
Articles for December 2015
BACK PAIN
LOW BACK PAIN (LBP) is a pandemic disease having 80% of lifetime prevalence, affecting 15-20% population at any point of time, being one of the commonest reason for visit to a doctor & young age morbidity/disability/work absenteeism. Some of the main causes of back pain include facet arthropathy, sciatica,...
PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY
PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY (PVP) / KYPHOPLASTY A NOVEL APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF VERTEBRAL BODY FRACTURES: As life expectancy is increasing so is the incidence of vertebral body (VB) fractures now being the commonest fracture of the body. PVP is an established interventional technique in which bone cement is injected under...
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