Vertebroplasty
Vertebroplasty.
A minimally invasive VCF treatment with a proven
20-year track record.
Vertebral compression fracture after vertebroplastyFragility fractures are a serious and growing problem for older adults and the healthcare system. In fact, 50% of women and 25% of men will have an osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime.[1] Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are the most common with an estimated 700,000 such fractures reported nationally each year.[2] The annual direct medical cost is estimated at $746 million.[2]
Vertebroplasty offers a proven and safe treatment that assures the best quality results for your patients and the healthcare system. This minimally invasive, image-guided treatment, in which bone cement is injected into the vertebral body, significantly decreases pain and increases mobility in more then 90% of patients.[3] The stabilizing of the fracture helps protect against further collapse of the treated vertebra, thereby preventing the kyphosis commonly seen as a result of osteoporosis.
Vertebroplasty - Patient Perspective (2:07)
Part Number: 9100-001-212 Rev A
Dan Foley - “What happened was I was on a quad at the dunes with some buddies and I came over a hill. I thought it was a plateau but it was actually about a 15-foot drop. So when I came down, all the energy went through my spine and basically blew out my L1. It was bad, I mean I couldn’t get out to do anything on my own much less go to my son’s hockey games or watch my daughter’s ice skating and those are things I really enjoy. It was pretty much constant pain and it really just felt like someone hit me in the back with a pipe. It was really painful. I’ll tell you, even the most positive person will start to get down after a few days of constant, constant, constant pain.”
Paul J. Lynch, M.D. Arizona Pain Specialists – “When Mr. Foley came to see me he was experiencing significant pain in his mid-back. I was suspicious of a fracture based on his history. What happened was, we did an MRI and he did have a significant fracture.”
Dan Foley - “I had a wedge fracture on my L1 and it was a bad one too.”
Paul J. Lynch, M.D. - Vertebroplasty gives us an option where we can take a bone, we can fix it percutaneously and the patient can literally get off the table and walk home feeling better.”
Dan Foley - “There weren’t a lot of treatments available for the back injury prior to the vertebroplasty. I mean you’re really just on pain pills, immobilized.”
Paul J. Lynch, M.D. - “Looking at all the options I felt that vertebroplasty was the best option to get him back to health.”
Dan Foley - “Gosh that same weekend I was out watching my kids play. I’m back at 100% and I’m doing everything I used to do and actually in a lot of ways better. It was awesome, I mean, I’m back at work, you know I took it easy but I was back doing the things I wanted.”
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iPhone App Video
Part Number: 1000-025-045 Rev None
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Vertebroplasty in the News.
Vertebroplasty was recently featured in two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine raising questions about the procedure's validity. Please visit our Media Room for the latest developments.
