2. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
You have been diagnosed with a Vertebral Compression Fracture.
The following presentation will walk you through this minimally invasive procedure step by step.
For more information and to watch a video of the procedure, please visit www.spinalfracture.com
3. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
Radiologic Assesment
This is what the fracture looks like with X-ray and MRI
First week post fracture Eight weeks post fracture MRI: T2 Image
4. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
Location of Incisions
Fractured vertebral body
(side view)
Your physician will make small incisions over the fracture site(s) on your back.
5. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
Placement of Balloons
Balloon catheters are inserted into the incisions and into the body of the affected vertebra.
6. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
Balloons are Inflated
The balloons are inflated with a liquid visible under X-ray guidance inside the collapsed vertebra.
This creates a cavity and helps restore the vertebra body height.
7. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
Removal of Balloons and Filling of Cement
The physician then deflates and removes the balloons leaving an open cavity.
Bone cement is then inserted through the catheters into the open cavity.
8. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
Internal Cast to Support and Stabilize
Once the cement is carefully in place the catheters are removed
and the cement hardens in minutes creating an “internal cast”.
9. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
Balloon Kyphoplasty Case Study
Patient: 61 YO Female
Diagnosis: Multiple Myeloma
Fracture Reduced: T11, L2, 1 1/2 years old
10. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
Balloon Kyphoplasty Case Study
Patient: 84 YO Female
Diagnosis: Primary Osteoporosis
Fracture Reduced: T8, 3 weeks old
11. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
Case Study: Correction of Angular Deformity
Immediate post fracture Post fracture + 4 days Post kyphoplasty
Kyphosis = 16˚ Kyphosis = 25˚ Kyphosis = 10˚
12. KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty: Step-by-Step
KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty is
• Typically takes less than an hour per fracture designed to repair spinal fractures
treated and has been proven to result in
• Performed under local or general anesthesia the following benefits:1,2
and may require an overnight hospital stay, as
determined by your doctor • Restoration of vertebral body height and
• Most patients recover well and return to normal angular deformity
activities within a few days • Significant reduction in back pain
• Covered by Medicare and private insurance • Significant improvement in quality of life
carriers in most cases
• Significant improvement in mobility
• Improved ability to perform activities of daily
living, such as walking, hobbies, and work
• Low complication rate
