Abstract
Percutaneous vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty are increasingly popular new interventions for painful vertebral compression fractures. In percutaneous vertebroplasty, a trocar is inserted into the vertebral body, and polymethylmethacrylate cement is injected. In balloon kyphoplasty, a balloon is inflated inside the compressed vertebral body to restore height before cement is injected. In 2 reports, researchers described …
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