Techniques of percutaneous vertebral body augmentation have been developed to stabilize osteoporotic thoracic and lumbar compression fractures. Current methods include vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty [1–5]. Distinct from vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty involves the percutaneous insertion of an inflatable balloon tamp into the vertebral body to create a void in which viscous cement is inserted under low pressure. The balloon tamp also enables vertebral body height restoration. In a number of clinical studies [3, 4, 6, 7], kyphoplasty has demonstrated a marked effectiveness in pain relief from symptomatic osteoporotic thoracic and lumbar compression fractures.
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Bono, C.M., Garfin, S.R. (2009). Thoracic and Lumbar Kyphoplasty. In: Ozgur, B., Benzel, E., Garfin, S. (eds) Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89831-5_7
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