Kyphoplasty.
Same-day procedure. Often dramatic pain relief.
Cement stabilization of a vertebral compression fracture — most commonly from osteoporosis or tumor — usually performed as an outpatient procedure with rapid return to activity.
Stabilize the broken vertebra and restore some height.
In a vertebral compression fracture, the front of a spinal vertebra collapses. Most are caused by osteoporosis; some by trauma or tumor. The pain is often severe, focal, and worse with movement. Kyphoplasty uses thin needles placed through the skin into the fractured vertebra under fluoroscopic guidance. A small balloon is inflated to create a cavity and partially restore vertebral height; medical-grade cement is then injected to stabilize the fracture.
Fluoroscopic guidance and acrylic cement.
You lie prone under sedation. Under live fluoroscopy, two thin trocars are placed through the back into the vertebral body — typically one on each side. The balloons are inflated, then withdrawn. Cement is injected slowly and watched on imaging to ensure it stays contained. The procedure typically takes thirty to sixty minutes. Same-day discharge is standard.
For painful vertebral compression fractures.
Kyphoplasty is appropriate for acute or subacute vertebral compression fractures with focal pain corresponding to the fracture level, persistent pain despite reasonable conservative management, and absence of contraindications like infection or unstable retropulsed fragments. We work closely with primary care and endocrinology to address the underlying osteoporosis simultaneously — kyphoplasty treats one fracture but does not prevent the next.
Pain relief is often immediate.
Many patients describe substantial pain relief within twenty-four hours. Most return to light activity within forty-eight to seventy-two hours. We typically continue bracing for two to four weeks while the bone-cement interface fully stabilizes. Bone density treatment is started or optimized in parallel — the most effective single thing you can do to prevent the next fracture.
Stop accepting the downtime.
When a vertebra has fractured, the right intervention can give you your week back. Schedule a consultation at any Triumph location.