Before revision: Vertebral augmentation, which includes vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, are similar percutaneous spinal procedures in which bone cement is injected through a small hole in the skin into a fractured vertebra to try to relieve back pain caused by a vertebral compression fractures .
After revision: Vertebral augmentation, which includes vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, are similar percutaneous spinal procedures in which bone cement is injected through a small hole in the skin into a fractured vertebra to try to relieve back pain caused by a vertebral compression fracture .