Abstract
Osteoporosis is one of the common diseases in the elderly population which can cause compression fracture of the vertebral body due to loss of microarchitecture, loss of density, and deterioration of bone tissue leading to chronic pain, kyphotic deformity of the vertebra, and neurological complications. We report the case of a 68-year-old female, who presented to us with severe midback region pain for one year, which was increased over two months along with numbness in the right leg and difficulty in walking. The radiological investigation and magnetic resonance imaging spine revealed chronic compression fracture with the reduction in height of the L1 vertebra, which is seen with anterior wedging. The patient underwent vertebro-stentoplasty (VS) with bone cement, polymethyl-methacrylate. The patient was discharged well on third day of surgery. The VS for compression fracture of the lumbar vertebra demonstrated better results with improvement in pain and radiological finding in our patient.
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