KAST Study: The Kiva System As a Vertebral Augmentation Treatment—A Safety and Effectiveness Trial: A Randomized, Noninferiority Trial Comparing the Kiva System With Balloon Kyphoplasty in Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures

STUDY DESIGN.The KAST (Kiva Safety and Effectiveness Trial) study was a pivotal, multicenter, randomized control trial for evaluation of safety and effectiveness in the treatment of patients with painful, osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). OBJECTIVE.The objective was to demonstrate...

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Published in:Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Pa. 1976), 2015-06, Vol.40 (12), p.865-875
Main Authors: Tutton, Sean M., Pflugmacher, Robert, Davidian, Mark, Beall, Douglas P., Facchini, Francis R., Garfin, Steven R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biomechanical Phenomena
Disability Evaluation
Europe
Female
Fracture Fixation, Internal - adverse effects
Fracture Fixation, Internal - instrumentation
Fracture Healing
Fractures, Compression - diagnosis
Fractures, Compression - physiopathology
Fractures, Compression - surgery
Humans
Kyphoplasty - adverse effects
Kyphoplasty - methods
Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae - physiopathology
Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery
Male
North America
Osteoporotic Fractures - diagnosis
Osteoporotic Fractures - physiopathology
Osteoporotic Fractures - surgery
Pain Measurement
Pain, Postoperative - diagnosis
Pain, Postoperative - prevention & control
Prospective Studies
Prosthesis Design
Radiography
Recovery of Function
Spinal Fractures - diagnosis
Spinal Fractures - physiopathology
Spinal Fractures - surgery
Thoracic Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Vertebrae - physiopathology
Thoracic Vertebrae - surgery
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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