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Surgical Medicine Open Access Journal

Vertebroplasty: Review of the Procedure in Relation to Patients with Fracture of Osteoporotic Origin

  • Open or Close Iñaki Arrotegui*

    Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Spain

    *Corresponding author: Iñaki Arrotegui, Department of Neurosurgery, Consultant Neurosurgeon Hospital General, Universitario de Valencia, Avda Tres Cruces S/n 46014- Valencia, Spain

Submission: May 29, 2018;Published: August 13, 2018

ISSN : 2578-0379
Volume1 Issue5

Abstract

Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are procedures that are used to treat painful vertebral compression fractures in the spine, which are a common consequence of osteoporosis. After vertebroplasty, approximately 75% of patients recover lost mobility and become more active Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of painful vertebral compression fractures (FCV), fractures that involve the vertebral bodies that make up the spine [2].

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