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Spine jack kyphoplasty helps restore height.
One in every four postmenopausal women will experience a spinal compression fracture. A new procedure called the SpineJack helps mend fractures and restore height and alignment in the fractured vertebra. The spine jack acts like a tiny car jack. We insert it into the compressed fracture and expand it to lift the vertebra up--just like you would when you're jacking up your car to change a flat tire. Then we inject a small amount of cement to mend the fracture and stabilize the vertebra. A study that compared the spine jack procedure to traditional balloon kyphoplasty found spine jack kyphoplasty to provide greater correction of kyphosis, better height restoration of compression fractures, and a reduction in refractures. Dr. Esther Yoon talks about this new procedure and who is a candidate in this new blog post.
