PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mazanec, Daniel J.
AU  - Podichetty, Vinod K.
AU  - Mompoint, Alex
AU  - Potnis, Amarish
TI  - Vertebral compression fractures: Manage aggressively to prevent sequelae
DP  - 2003 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 147--156
VI  - 70
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/2/147.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/2/147.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Feb 01; 70
AB  - New drugs to treat osteoporosis, along with two new minimally invasive surgical procedures, are important options for preventing vertebral compression fractures and treating severe back pain and disability. However, the mainstay treatments remain cautious use of analgesics, limited bed rest, and physical rehabilitation.