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Kyphoplasty Surgery
During kyphoplasty surgery, a small incision is made in the back. Using fluoroscopy, a trocar is guided to the correct position, and it creates a path through the back into the fractured area through the pedicle of the fractured vertebrae.
Using X-rays, Dr. Khan will insert a special balloon through the tube and into the vertebrae, then gently and carefully inflate it. As the balloon inflates, it elevates the compressed fracture, returning the pieces to a more normal position. It also compacts the soft inner bone to create a cavity inside the vertebrae.
The balloon is deflated and then removed and Dr. Khan will use specially designed instruments under low pressure to fill the cavity with a cement-like material called polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). After being injected, the pasty material tracks along the fracture lines, hardens quickly and binds the broken pieces together like a cast inside the broken vertebrae, thus stabilizing the bone.
Surgery Details
Kyphoplasty is always performed under local or IV Sedation anesthesia, especially to treat acute osteoporotic compression fractures and vertebral pathological fractures. Other logistics for a typical kyphoplasty procedure are:
- The procedure takes about one hour
- Patients will be observed closely in the recovery room immediately following for an hour
- Patients may spend up to one day in the hospital after the procedure has been performed. Patients are generally discharged home same day after the procedure.
If you are released the day of the kyphoplasty surgery, you will need to arrange for transportation home from the hospital.
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