Dr. Bryan Curtin is a Board Certified gastroenterologist with specialized expertise in gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders.
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This 3D medical animation shows the normal anatomy of a vertebra in the spine. A compression type fracture of the vertebral body is depicted as well as two procedures to repair and stabilize a compression fracture.
The pain medicine doctors at The Center for Interventional Pain Medicine at Mercy in Baltimore, Maryland, use vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty to treat patients with vertebral compression fractures.
Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are minimally invasive treatments that may result in pain relief from vertebral compression fractures. The procedures are similar, both using a special medical cement to stabilize the fractured vertebrae.
When performing vertebroplasty, doctors using fluoroscopy guide a small tube into the vertebrae (small bones that make up the spinal column) and a cement mixture is injected to strengthen the fractured bone.
Kyphoplasty involves first guiding a balloon catheter into the vertebrae. The balloon is inflated to restore the collapsed area. Once the balloon is removed doctors inject bone cement into the cavity created by the balloon. Typically, more severe fractures require the kyphoplasty procedure to restore the collapsed area.
Patients who have vertebral compression fractures are candidates for vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty. This procedure is most beneficial within a short timeframe of the fracture occurring.
Judith notices instant relief after kyphoplasty surgery to fix a spinal fracture.
Dr. Harrison Linder offers a range of pain management therapies at The Center for Interventional Pain Medicine at Mercy in Baltimore.
A patient gains a new pain-free life after being treated by a team of doctors at Mercy Medical Center.