Types of osteoporosis treatment
Osteoporosis is a metabolic disease in which calcium is “washed out” of the bones and the bone tissue becomes brittle, more often women in the postmenopausal period suffer. With it, the bones become brittle and the risk of pathological fractures increases. The most common are pathological fractures of the spine, which are accompanied by pain in the upright position.
Vertebroplasty
The main method of treating osteoporosis is surgery. In the case of a fracture of one vertebra without instability, ertheroplasty is performed – this is a minimally invasive operation that is done through a needle and does not require general anesthesia.
Kyphoplasty
Under local anesthesia, a needle is inserted into the damaged vertebral body and bone cement is injected. Immediately after the operation, the pain disappears.
- Kyphoplasty is also a minimally invasive surgery performed through a needle, with the difference that before the cement is injected, a balloon is inserted into the body of the damaged vertebra, which inflates under pressure and restores the height of the vertebral body. After that, the balloon is removed and bone cement is injected.
- Kyphoplasty is performed for “fresh fractures.”
In the case of a fracture of one or more vertebrae with instability, a combined operation is performed, which includes vertebroplasty and decompressive-stabilizing intervention.
Decompression
During the operation, decompression is first performed – the nerve structures are freed from compression by bone fragments, then screws are inserted through the roots of the brackets through which bone cement is injected. Then beams are passed through the screws, which rigidly fix the system. As a result of the operation, the axis of the spine is restored.
