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11. Yes; this is a common and usually low-risk procedure for minor fractures in the vertebrae

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #5)

Sun May 22, 2016, 06:16 PM

May 2016

The cement used is more like an epoxy and the procedure provides almost immediate improvement in pain - when done with an approved, safe cement. As another poster mentioned, it's not construction cement; cement is used here in its more generic sense. H

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Bone cement company accused of experimenting on humans [View all] NCTraveler May 2016 OP

OMG! That is horrifying! WhiteTara May 2016 #1

Per the article, patients were not told that this cement wasn't approved for injections into spine. LisaL May 2016 #2

They didn't tell them it wasn't approved, but did they WhiteTara May 2016 #5

I am not sure what you are trying to say here. LisaL May 2016 #6

You mean cementing the spine is a practice? WhiteTara May 2016 #8

The manner in which they went about this is as bad as it gets. NCTraveler May 2016 #9

They "had to inject her with the goop to see what was in it" Baobab May 2016 #12

Yes, the procedure itself wasn't experimental. LisaL May 2016 #10

Yes; this is a common and usually low-risk procedure for minor fractures in the vertebrae REP May 2016 #11

As this story reads it is truly horrific. Nt NCTraveler May 2016 #3

Sure is. LisaL May 2016 #4

cue the lawyers dembotoz May 2016 #7