A second concurrent session at Back Talk, the continuing medical education symposium will focus on spinal fractures and the treatment options for spinal fractures. With the aging population, the incidence of age-specific spinal fractures is expected to increase. One study estimated that vertebral compression fractures 
affects 25% of post-menopausal women.
This session will be presented by Kevin Macadaeg, MD, a minimally invasive spine specialist with Indiana Spine Group. At this session, he will discuss:
- How to recognize the symptoms, assess and diagnose osteoporotic spinal fractures.
- Discuss the indications for medical management and interventional therapies.
- Highlight vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures.
- Review the indications and treatment of sacroplasty for sacral fractures.
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