The new bone-cement technique can fill in spaces caused by vertebral fractures, reported CBS 2 News. The procedure leaves patients pain free, and they get their mobility back just hours or days after their operation.
Osteoporosis is a bone disease in which bones become thinner.
In fact, people may not know that they have osteoporosis until their bones become so weak that a sudden strain, bump, or fall causes a fracture or a vertebra to collapse. Osteoporosis affects 10 million people in the United States and each year leads to 700,000 painful vertebrae compression fractures caused by the collapsing of the weakened bones, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Answers to frequently asked questions about the bone disease. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.