iPanel Vice-Chair, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina. jPanel Vice-Chair, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, Missouri. kDeaconess Hospital, Evansville, Indiana; American College of Emergency Physicians. lUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Commission on Radiation Oncology. mBrigham & Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons. nBrigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Committee on Emergency Radiology-GSER. oMedical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina; North American Spine Society. pSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Commission on Radiation Oncology. qMayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida; Commission on Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. rMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, Missouri, Primary care physician. sSpecialty Chair, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. tSpecialty Chair, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. uSpecialty Chair, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York. The American College of Radiology seeks and encourages collaboration with other organizations on the development of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria through representation of such organizations on expert panels. Participation on the expert panel does not necessarily imply endorsement of the final document by individual contributors or their respective organization. Reprint requests to: publications@acr.org Vertebral Compression Fractures on VCFs due to metastatic disease, this document focuses on the management of pathological VCFs secondary to metastatic disease. However, it should be noted that treatment can vary depending on tumor type. Special Treatment Considerations VA is a generic term that includes percutaneous VP, balloon-assisted kyphoplasty (BK) [2], and other implantable methods of VA [17-20].
Management of Vertebral Compression Fractures PCAs. iPanel Vice-Chair, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina. jPanel Vice-Chair, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, Missouri. kDeaconess Hospital, Evansville, Indiana; American College of Emergency Physicians. lUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Commission on Radiation Oncology. mBrigham & Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons. nBrigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Committee on Emergency Radiology-GSER. oMedical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina; North American Spine Society. pSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Commission on Radiation Oncology. qMayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida; Commission on Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. rMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, Missouri, Primary care physician. sSpecialty Chair, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. tSpecialty Chair, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. uSpecialty Chair, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York. The American College of Radiology seeks and encourages collaboration with other organizations on the development of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria through representation of such organizations on expert panels. Participation on the expert panel does not necessarily imply endorsement of the final document by individual contributors or their respective organization. Reprint requests to: publications@acr.org Vertebral Compression Fractures on VCFs due to metastatic disease, this document focuses on the management of pathological VCFs secondary to metastatic disease. However, it should be noted that treatment can vary depending on tumor type. Special Treatment Considerations VA is a generic term that includes percutaneous VP, balloon-assisted kyphoplasty (BK) [2], and other implantable methods of VA [17-20].