In-depth information on kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty, minimally invasive back surgery techniques to reduce back pain and treat spinal fractures from osteoporosis
Vertebroplasty
after a painful spine fracture
May 17, 2006
When the bones of the spine become weakened, usually due to osteoporosis, they can collapse and cause a compression fracture. Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that may be considered to treat ongoing back pain from a spine fracture. Read
more...
By: Huy M. Do, MD
Pain relief
after a vertebral compression fracture: Kyphoplasty
case review
December 30, 2005
Osteoporosis-related spine fractures are fairly common,
especially in people over age seventy. When these fractures
cause pain, a procedure called kyphoplasty may be an
option—but usually only within a few months after
the fracture. This article presents the case of a patient
who had successful kyphoplasty solely under local anesthesia. Read
more...
By: Andrew P. Manista, MD and A. Jay Khanna, MD
Kyphoplasty
for vertebral compression fractures
June 1, 2005
Kyphoplasty is an elective surgery designed to achieve
two main goals in patients suffering from painful vertebral
compression fractures: to reduce or eliminate back
pain; avoid an increase in spinal deformity; and restore
spinal alignment, thus improving the patient’s
posture. Read more...
By: Rafael Levin, MD
Vertebral
fracture treated with kyphoplasty: case review
November 17, 2003
In this case it was decided to proceed with kyphoplasty,
with the goal of alleviating the patient's back pain
and restoring the height of the vertebra so that the
patient would be able to stand upright. Read
more...
By: Jeffrey Spivak, MD
Kyphoplasty—a
new treatment for osteoporotic fractures (Research
article)
July 7, 2000 (last
updated October 31, 2005)
Kyphoplasty, a new minimally-invasive procedure for
treating osteoporotic fractures, is designed to restore
height to the bone thus reducing deformity of the spine. Read
more...
By: Courtney W. Brown, MD and Douglas C. Wong, MD
Description
of kyphoplasty surgery
July 7, 2000 (last updated
October 31, 2005)
The goals of the kyphoplasty minimally invasive surgical
procedure are designed to stop the pain caused by the
bone fracture, to stabilize the bone, and to restore
some or all of the lost vertebral body height due to
the compression fracture. Read
more...
By: Courtney W. Brown, MD and Douglas
C. Wong, MD
Vertebroplasty
and kyphoplasty: percutaneous injection procedures
for vertebral fractures
August 13, 2003
Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are minimally invasive
procedures that may be used in cases of severe pain
caused by a vertebral fracture that does not improve
over a number of weeks with pain medication and bracing. Read
more...
By: Jeffrey M. Spivak, MD
Kyphoplasty interactive
animation
January 11, 2001
Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive surgical procedure
used for treating fractures caused by osteoporosis.
This module takes you step by step through this procedure. View
animation...
New
advancements in spine surgery - Spine-health.com
Newsletter
Several important new spine surgery technologies are
in various stages of development and you may want to
consider these when making any decision about your
treatment options. As with anything new in spine surgery,
most of the information on the following developments
remains theoretical, and longer term studies and follow-up
are needed to fully understand the potential risks
and benefits of each procedure. Read
more...
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