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Worldwide, vertebral compression fractures (VCF) continue to be the most common major fragility fracture affecting patients over the age of 50, and osteoporosis is the most prevalent condition associated with VCFs.
Patient Treatment and Management Following an Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture provides treatment and management guidance of the osteoporosis disease process in patients who have had a vertebral compression fracture. The book opens with a foundation of osteoporosis and VCF then reviews clinical and radiological assessment approaches, evaluation, treatment, and ongoing management options. Subsequent chapters cover the efficacy of the different vertebral augmentation types on patient outcomes, optimization methods, potential complications, and decisions for osteoporosis treatment in these patients. Special attention is paid to the treatment sequence and objectives following an osteoporotic VCF. The book concludes with coverage of insightful developments in clinical management and research and features targeted case studies representing common patient characteristics and showcasing varying aspects of the VCF and underlying osteoporosis. This title serves as an invaluable resource for any practitioner treating patients with osteoporosis as well as those managing fragility fractures in older patients.
List of contents
1. Introduction
2. Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment of Osteoporosis and Vertebral Compression Fractures
3. Patient Assessment, Evaluation, and Treatment Options Following Painful Vertebral Compression Fractures
4. Efficacy of Vertebral Augmentation
5. Morbidity and Mortality of Vertebral Compression Fractures and the Effect of Vertebral Augmentation on Patient Outcomes
6. Complications of Vertebral Augmentation Versus the Complications of Treatment with Non-Surgical Management
7. Options for the Osteoporosis Treatment
8. Treatment Sequence and Treatment Goals Following an Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
9. Future Insights in Both Clinical and Research Advances in the Management of Osteoporosis Following Vertebral Compression Fractures
10. Case Studies on the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures and the Underlying Osteoporosis
11. Summary and Conclusion
12. Miscellaneous Facts of Osteoporosis and Osteoporosis Treatment
About the author
Douglas P. Beall, MD, attended medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, and completed his residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and a fellowship in Musculoskeletal Radiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota before before entering the US Air Force as Division Chief of Musculoskeletal Radiology. Following his service as a Major in the US Air Force Dr. Beall was chief of Musculoskeletal Radiology and Fellowship Director at the University of Oklahoma prior to entering private practice as the Chief of Services. He is board-certified in Diagnostic Radiology, has an added fellowship in Musculoskeletal Radiology, is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management and is a Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology and Interventional Pain Practice and board certified by the World Institute of Pain. He is currently in private practice focused on interventional pain management and orthopedic imaging.
