Biomechanical research comparing kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty as treatments for vertebral fracture suggests both procedures provide comparable benefits in restoring load sharing and stiffness to ...

Older osteoporosis patients may see a significant reduction in pain and improvement in function after undergoing balloon kyphoplasty, according to a recent study. Lead author Steven R. Garfin, MD, of ...

The surgeon removes the balloon and injects bone cement into the spine. Use CPT 22523 for a thoracic percutaneous vertebral augmentation, including cavity creation (fracture reduction and bone biopsy ...

Case report describing sacral kyphoplasty in a patient with sacral hemangioma; the first account of this procedure in a sacral hemangioma. Kyphoplasty and sacroplasty are new, minimally invasive ...