Bone Cement for Compression Fractures - Any Experience?

There are a lot of posts on "Kyphoplasty" in the Spine Health Support Group. I posted a few on my (now 83 year-old) husband's kyphoplasties in 2021 and 2023 due to burst vertebral fracture and compression fracture. He did better after the first than the second. He then had two more compression fractures in 2024, but by the time they were discovered and he could get an appointment with the spine surgeon 2 months later, they had already healed. He has added osteoporosis treatment with extra vitamin D and Reclast.
More here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/spine-health/?search=kyphoplasty#discussion-listview

Thanks for the information. I'll look up the other comments. Why didn't he do well the second time he got the procedure? Did he heal as well without the procedure?

Hard to pinpoint why he had a harder time recovering after the second kyphoplasty. In addition to being 2 years older at the time, he has had rheumatoid arthritis and anemia for many years, was diagnosed with MGUS after the first surgery (this can affect bone marrow and strength), and was also diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis during the year in-between kyphoplasties, and needs oxygen upon any exertion as well as overnight. Not able to do bone-strengthening exercise any more. So there are a lot of things going on, in addition to the osteoporosis which should probably have been addressed by the doctors much sooner. He has had severe kyphosis (they call it hyper-kyphosis) which developed before his first fracture, and his spine is probably under constant pressure of being bent-over at a 90-degree angle. It's probably the combination of all of these things.
It's hard to say whether he's healing as well without the 3rd procedure, because he was probably not completely healing from the second procedure on 2 vertebrae when he developed the last 2 of 5 total fractures.
Keep in mind that he really needed the first kyphoplasty because he was in such pain and couldn't get around much. It was such a success, we went on vacation just a week and a half later, and he also continued going to his part-time consulting job for the next 2 years.

I posted my experience with a compression fracture on line with this Mayo news letter. I am pain free from the Vertebroplasty. I am now having other proceedures done on my back and today I will have a radio frequency ablation on my lower back. I have osteoporosis and degeneration of my vertebrae.
Good luck
Mary Jean Dennis

I am sorry you had a fall. I have read about the procedure. don't anyone has had it. I will be watching though.

I had the “cement “ process done some time after compressing two vertebrates from lifting two heavy a box. I was 90. I was also delayed in receiving the treatment as I was taking some antibiotics and the surgeon would not operate until I stopped taking them. To get to the point the cement process did not ease the pain. I recently had an ablation where they burnt the nerve, and now the pain has essentially disappeared.

Thanks for your response. It's interesting that the cement didn't help. Now I mostly have stiffness and just a little discomfort if I stand too long.

I’ve had the cement procedure and was effective. I had muscle spasms which were painful after the procedure but they were gone with in a few days. My procedure was called a Vertebroplasty.
Mary Jean Dennis

Thank you for the information. I am 93 and have had4 fractures of the vertebrae. I refused the cement because for me there were too many serious side affects. Had some mild back pain until this week, when I was doing some leg lifts. Severe pain in the area just above the right hip. Great difficulty walking. Any suggestions?
Gina5009

What are the serious side effects?