Treatment methods
With the increase in the number of elderly people, the number of pathological fractures due to osteoporosis is constantly increasing . According to various studies, vertebral compression fractures in osteoporosis occur in 25% of women and somewhat less often in men over the age of 50.
Pathological fractures resulting from osteoporosis cause constant pain and limit the mobility of patients, which significantly reduces the quality of life of such patients. In these cases, vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty are the methods of choice, as they contribute to rapid pain relief and do not require long postoperative rehabilitation.
Percutaneous vertebroplasty
In a special operating room, under X-ray control, special needles are inserted into the body of the damaged vertebra, through which bone cement is injected under high pressure, which quickly hardens and stabilizes the vertebra.
During kyphoplasty, a balloon is inserted through a needle into the body of the damaged vertebra, which is inflated under high pressure and restores the height of the vertebra. Bone cement is then injected into the balloon, which quickly hardens and stabilizes the vertebra.
Kyphoplasty technique
using a balloon for the introduction of bone cement allows you to avoid possible complications associated with the leakage of cement through damaged locking plates of the damaged vertebra during vertebroplasty. The patient is activated on the day of surgery.
The availability, effectiveness, minimally invasiveness of methods that do not require anesthesia, the speed of pain relief , and the stabilization of the spine determine their superiority in the treatment of compression fractures of the vertebral bodies.
Neurosurgeon Seledets O.A., Dmytruk V.S.
