Media Room
Welcome to the Stryker IVS media room.
This resource is intended for medical professionals who would like to learn more about Stryker Interventional Spine and the full range of minimally invasive solutions that we provide for patients suffering from chronic back pain.
The information found here covers a range of topics as they apply to vertebroplasty, vertebral augmentation, radiofrequency ablation, disc decompression, and discography manometry.
In addition, see the latest press releases, ads and media from Stryker IVS.
Press Releases
Introduction of VertaPlex® HV High Viscosity Bone Cement
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Introduction of iVAS™ Inflatable Vertebral Augmentation System
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Announcement of EVEREST Multi-Center Data on Vertebroplasty
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VCFs
Vertebroplasty in the News
JUST RELEASED! Vertebroplasty versus conservative treatment in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (Vertos II): an open-label randomised trial. Read the Abstract
In 2009, vertebroplasty was featured in two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine raising questions about the procedure's validity. As the spine community continues to weigh the data against 20 years of positive clinical outcomes, we'd like to direct you to the following resources:
Read about the EVEREST multi-center study that showed that vertebroplasty provides dramatic and lasting pain relief for VCFs in a large body of patients.
NASS has issued an official review of both studies.
Review the American Journal of Neuroradiology's (AJNR) response to the studies.
Read a press release issued by Dr. Mubin I. Syed of Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton Heart Hospital and founding partner of Dayton Interventional Radiology.
Read a press release issued by doctors Paul Lynch (Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine) and Tory McJunkin, co-founders of Arizona Pain Specialists.
Read the official position on vertebroplasty by the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Society of Interventional Radiology, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and American Society of Spine Radiology.[1]
