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Company's Osseoplasty(TM) system provides safe, effective vertebral augmentation with cavity creation without complications of percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty LIVERPOOL, England, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- At this week's BritSpine 2010 conference, Osseon Therapeutics is demonstrating to European surgeons and interventional radiologists how they can "think outside the balloon" when it comes to treating vertebral compression fractures brought on by osteoporosis, benign or malignant lesions and trauma.

DFine will continue to bring new products to market in 2010 further strengthening its position as the technology leader in the treatment of vertebral compression fractures.

Byline: ANI Washington, July 23 (ANI): A study performed at the Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, has shown that vesselplasty, a new minimally invasive procedure, reduces pain and increases mobility in patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs).

Vertebral Compression Fractures Epidemiology Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are the most common fragility fracture in the United States, accounting for approximately 700,000 injuries per year.

Vertebral compression fractures are the most common complication of osteoporosis.

Introduction: Kyphoplasty, a minimally invasive technique, has recently been developed to provide immediate pain relief, biomechanical stabilization, prevention of fracture progression, vertebral height restoration, and prevention or reversal of kyphosis to patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCF).

Such findings emerge just as use of the technique for treating vertebral compression fractures is gaining in popularity and questions about its safety and efficacy are being raised.

It has been estimated that there are 700,000 osteoporosis related vertebral compression fractures annually.