Patients with spinal tumors are candidates for Vertebroplasty. The bone supplement is best provided just prior or soon after a painful vertebral body fracture. Vertebroplasty is used after traditional oral and nasal supplements have failed. Replacing the lost mineral from your vertebral body will prevent further hunchback deformity, reduce pain, and protect your spinal cord and nerve roots. Three to five cc of bone mineral substitute is injected with a small needle using x-ray control.
Twilight anesthesia is given.
No hospitalization is required. Vertebroplasty may prevent the need for traditional deformity surgery by maintaining your skeletal alignment. Vertebroplasty can be used to improve traditional bone screw fixation. Vertebroplasty is viewed as a minimally invasive and more holistic medical approach to osteoporosis. .