Treating osteoporotic fractures of the spine.

SPINE abnormalities; VERTEBRAE abnormalities; TREATMENT of fractures; TREATMENT of diseases in women; X-rays; ANALGESICS; INJECTIONS; THERAPEUTICS

The article provides information on how to treat osteoporotic fractures of the spine or vertebral fractures in women. It discusses that the fracture results from the break of vertebra called compression fracture which can be confirmed through an x-ray. It states that painful fractures can be treated with analgesics or medical procedures including vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty that involve injection of a medical cement to stabilize compressed vertebrae.