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Hellena Hempe, Alexander Bigalke and Mattias Paul Heinrich
Background: Degenerative spinal pathologies are highly prevalent among the elderly population. Timely diagnosis of osteoporotic fractures and other degenerative deformities enables proactive measures to mitigate the risk of severe back pain and disabilit...
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Nazia Ejaz, Saad Jawaid Khan, Fahad Azim, Mehwish Faiz, Emil Teu?an, Alin Ple?a, Alexandru Ianosi-Andreeva-Dimitrova and Sergiu-Dan Stan
Fragility fractures, caused by low-energy trauma, are a significant global health concern, with 158 million people aged 50 and over at risk. Hip fractures, a common issue in elderly patients, are often linked to underlying conditions such as osteoporosis...
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Ming-Kai Hsieh, Wen-Jer Chen, Mel S. Lee, Sheng-Yu Lin, Mu-Yi Liu, De-Mei Lee and Ching-Lung Tai
Unacceptable sagittal alignment and cement leakage are major concerns of percutaneous vertebroplasty when treating patients with painful vertebral osteoporotic compression fractures. To maintain the restored vertebral height and reduce the reliance on ce...
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Huong Nguyen Minh, Marie Muller and Kay Raum
Delay-and-sum (DAS) beamforming of backscattered echoes is used for conventional ultrasound imaging. Although DAS beamforming is well suited for imaging in soft tissues, refraction, scattering, and absorption, porous mineralized tissues cause phase aberr...
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Yueh-Ying Hsieh, Yi-Jie Kuo, Chia-Hsien Chen, Lien-Chen Wu, Chang-Jung Chiang and Chun-Li Lin
A hybrid fixation method, using a combination of vertebroplasty and cement-augmented screws, has been demonstrated as a useful technique for securing osteoporotic burst fractures. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in the range of motion (RO...
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