Original sentence: August 6, 2009 an article in The New England Journal of Medicine "A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures" reported the results of a multi center study:.We found no beneficial effect of vertebroplasty as compared with a sham procedure in patients with painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures, at 1 week or at 1, 3, or 6 months after treatment
Edited sentence: In a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving patients with one or two painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures, vertebroplasty did not result in greater improvement than a sham procedure in overall pain, physical functioning, or quality of life at 3 or 6 months after treatment.In a randomized trial involving patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, patients who underwent vertebroplasty had improvements in pain and disability measures that were similar to those in patients who underwent a sham procedure.Two articles in the August 6, 2009, The New England Journal of Medicine reported the results of studies that do not support the use of Vertebroplasty for painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures or for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures:.Vertebroplasty has become a common treatment for painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures, but there is limited evidence to support its use