Has anyone had kyphoplasty for an osteoporosis compression fracture?

Yes, I had a "spine jack" for T-7 and just cement in T-6.
That was 2 mths ago and the pain went away a few weeks later when I got a fracture of T-10 & 12. Had low back pain then only.
I am going in 2 weeks for another in T-12.
Spine jack is a lil device like a car jack that opens the compression fracture then cement is injected.

maymore, I was with someone while they had kyphoplasty, which invalidates my answer. She had immediate relief with, without returning pain. The healing time is only the time required for the injected product to solidify.
Kyphoplasty recovers some of the height of the compressed vertebra. This is advantageous for preventing pain at the facet joints where the pain nerves exit because it preserves the space.
Sometime compression fractures continue compressing. The bone cement stops the compression.
The weight of the bone cement can cause the lower vertebra to compress.
It used to be more common for the practitioner to overfill the vertebral gap and that was causing some problems with stray cement, but that has been largely resolved.
It isn't a difficult procedure for the patient.
I'd definitely have it, and I'd be scared, too.

Thanks for you sharing your story. This really helps.

I had kyphoplasty done on my L1 fractured vertebrae. It immediately stopped my pain in that spot.