NASS encourages the consideration of new studies, continually adding to the scientific literature on vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. NASS supports the process surrounding the new guideline from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recommending against vertebroplasty but declines to comment further on the decision.
However, the release does state that recommendations should be updated pending the publication of additional studies examining different populations, if the research reaches a different conclusion.
Read the NASS release on vertebroplasty.
Read other coverage on vertebroplasty:
– AAOS: Vertebroplasty Ineffective in Treating Spinal Fractures
– Study: Vertebroplasty Effective in Some Compression Fracture Patients
– RF Kyphoplasty Shows Less Cement Leakage Than Vertebroplasty
