How can extremity, upper or lower, be related to problems in back or neck?
Extremity pain , usually radiating pain down the arm or leg typically occurs when there is nerve compression in the neck or the low back. This is often reffered to as radiculopathy. The nerve compression usually occurs from disc herniation or bone spurs, but there are other causes.
New clinical trial results have been released summarizing the findings from a large, multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing balloon kyphoplasty with non-surgical care for the treatment of acute vertebral compression fractures.
The goals of a kyphoplasty surgical procedure are designed to stop the pain caused by a spinal fracture, to stabilize the bone, and to restore some or all of the lost vertebral body height due to the compression fracture.
Kyphoplasty is a type of Vertebral Augmentation for Compression Fractures
Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
The spine or backbone is made up of many bones called vertebrae. The front of the vertebrae is made up of square shaped vertebral body, disks and ligaments. The disks act to cushion the vertebrae.
Long ago, people have been induced by a balloon into labor. While the catheter is typically used to urinate, but the catheter has been the most commonly used means people used to induce childbirth. The cook cervical dilatation balloon is used to dilate the cervix designed to induce labor, used more often in recent years.
