A Case of Balloon Kyphoplasty in High Risk under Cement Leakage: A case report.
10.3344/kjp.2006.19.2.261
- Author:
Yun Suk CHOI
1
;
Mi Geum LEE
;
Hyo Min LEE
;
Ji Yon JO
;
Hee Jin JEONG
;
Chul Joong LEE
;
Sang Chul LEE
;
Yong Chul KIM
;
Sung Eun SIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea. pain@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
balloon kyphoplasty;
vertebral compression fracture
- MeSH:
Aged, 80 and over;
Analgesics;
Back Pain;
Bed Rest;
Braces;
Female;
Fractures, Compression;
Humans;
Kyphoplasty*;
Kyphosis;
Low Back Pain;
Pain, Intractable;
Vertebroplasty
- From:The Korean Journal of Pain
2006;19(2):261-265
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A vertebral compression fracture can cause chronic back pain, and may also result in progressive kyphosis. The traditional treatments of a vertebral compression fracture include bed rest, analgesics and bracing. Balloon kyphoplasty can restore the vertebral height and allow safe bone cement injection into the cavity made by the balloon, which significantly reduces the risk of cement leakage compared to vertebroplasty. An 82-year-old female patient suffered from severe low back pain. Due to the intractable pain and immobility, which could not be relieved by conventional care, as well as the empty vertebral body associated with communicated fractures of the vertebral surfaces, balloon kyphoplasty, with a thicker bone cement injection than usual with balloon kyphoplasty, was chosen. The preoperative intractable pain and immobility were dramatically relieved soon after the procedure, without any complications.
