Is Vertebroplasty right for you? If you have significant back pain caused by a fractured vertebre in your back, you may be a candidate for vertebroplasty.
The procedure does not help with chronic back pain or herniated discs. Also, it is important to discuss any treatment options you are considering with your primary care physician or a vertebroplasty specialist to review whether you or a loved are is a candidate for this procedure.
You can arrive at the hospital or outpatient clinic the day of your procedure. Your physician will give you pre-operative instructions which may require you to discontinue any blood thinning medications like ibuprofen and coumadin one week beforehand, and you should not eat or drink anything after midnight the night before. You will be sedated with an intravenous sedation and a local anesthetic is then administered. Using a hollow needle, the surgeon will inject a bone cement called methyl methacrylate into the affected vertebra.
The needles are then removed, and you'll be required to lie flat for one to two hours in the recovery room. When you're stable, another adult may drive you home. There are no stitches to be removed and you may take a bath or shower 24 hours after the procedure.
Please review how this procedure works for more detailed information about vertebroplasty.
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