Treatment

Until about 20 years ago, doctors were limited in how they could treat vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). Pain medications, bed rest, bracing, or spinal surgery were the only options available. Today doctors are using vertebroplasty and vertebral augmentation to relieve the intense pain caused by VCFs.^{[1] [2]}These minimally invasive treatments complete the continuum of care for patients who aren’t helped by conservative medical therapy but want an alternative to surgery.

Benefits of vertebroplasty and vertebral augmentation include:

• Pain relief^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}
• Increased range of motion^[5][6][8]
• Return to previous levels of activity^[5][6][8]
• Improved quality of life^[5][8]
• Low complication rate^[5][6][8]

Multiple clinical studies have shown that vertebroplasty and vertebral augmentation have a high success rate^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}and a low complication rate^[11][12][14]