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Kyphoplasty Are you a woman over 50 with a sudden onset of back pain, you may have a spinal fracture. Osteoporosis often causes vertebral compression that leads to the collapse of the vertebra resulting in fracture. Patients suffering from this lose bone mass overtime which makes the spine weak and unable to bear the body weight, Patients start experiencing severe back pain and there is a noticable loss of height. Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty are the most effective minimally invasive procedures for the elderly. Kyphoplasty is a procedure done to rectify vertebral compression fractures of the spine. A special instrument with a deflated baloon is inserted into the fractured vertebra and carefully inflated to create a space, the instrument is removed and the space created by the balloon is filled with bone cement which hardens quickly, this procedure helps strengthening, reshaping and stabilizing the vertebra. For the creative: Good news-spinal fractures or vertebral compression fractures can now be treated with minimally invasive procedures like kyphoplasty a procedure that lasts less than an hour -Relieves pain -Spine is stabilized -Stabilizes the vertebral compression -Angle of the vertebra is stabilized -The normal height and shape of the vertebra is restored

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