Overview
These procedures are both used as treatments to augment weakened parts of the spine when the issue is caused by compression fractures of the vertebrae.With kyphoplasty, small balloons are inserted between the vertebrae and filled to create a cavity in the vertebra. Once the balloons are removed, the space is quickly filled with a type of medical cement to support the spine.
Vertebroplasty uses a similar approach, but balloons are not utilized. Instead, the cement is inserted directly into the fractured vertebrae.
What it Treats
Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are used to treat compression fractures of the spine.Explore other spine surgeries
- Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Cervical Disc Arthroplasty
- Cervical Fusion
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Laminoplasty
- Lumbar Laminectomy
- Lumbar Microdiscectomy
- Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy
- Posterior Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Decompression and Fusion or Posterior Interbody Fusion