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I'm with the surgeon. Kyphoplasty will stabilize the fracture and restore some of the height of the vertebra involved. Early in the application of the bone cement there was a tendency to overfill the leaking of which it thought to have caused fracture in lower vertebra. Even without pain, I think kyphoplasty is well worth having.
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I needed phys therapy after because of back pain. I bought a pair of Hoka sneakers. The pts told me one mile was enough, don't push it. Now I do 5 miles. Be on the watch for compression fractures. I got a comp fracture from pulling out weeds. Got that fixed and are now getting Evenity shots.Take it as a warning sign and do what's needed now for prevention. Good Luck.
can kyphoplasty or osteoplasty (or other modality) be used to reconstruct entire sections of a spine diagnosed with severe osteoporosis 50+ years post-Harrington rod surgery?
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My surgeon recommended against kyphoplasty and said the outcome would be the same without, but that in the short term it sometimes brought some pain relief. I have 7 fractures and haven't had any kyphoplasties. Who knows what the right decision is: there are pros and cons to both.