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Navy - 28 Sep 2007 20:04 GMT

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janers - 28 Sep 2007 20:09 GMT

Absolutely is it done,

It is called Kyphoplasty and it is done for just that, fractures or weak areas of the spine.

www.kyphon.com is the site and our area is doing them a lot. Good results too.

that is all I know so check it out.

janers

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spodosaurus - 29 Sep 2007 06:15 GMT

> Absolutely is it done,
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I'd like to know WHY she's getting the fractures, and what is being done
to fix the CAUSE of the problem! They must be pretty severe to not
prescribe bed rest and bisphosphonates for a couple of weeks to work on
getting the problem resolved.

Ari

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d'huit - 29 Sep 2007 02:40 GMT

I have a friend who wrote to me and said his wife had a cat-scan and they,
well, let me put it in his words:

My wife had a cat-scan done on her back and it revealed a couple of
fractures on her spine. What they want to do is go in an fill the fractures
in with some kind of quick drying cement under pressure. Do you know of
anyone that has had that done and what was the outcome?

i haven't, but had a friend who had kyphoplasty (sp?) done, i believe that
procedure is called, in two vertibrae fractures, about 5 years ago. hers
was a very good outcome and is still enduring well.

another friend and myself used to tease our orthopod (we both had the same
ortho. she had a motorcycle wreck and i had a car wreck close to the same
time in '71 and wound up in the hospital together.). we teased him about
our wanting him to use glue on our mulitiple fractures, so we didn't have to
have any more surgeries. heck, we even offered to buy the elmer's for him
to use.<g> bone cement has been around for a long time, and we knew about
it back then. but, it is much better stuff than they used to have to work
with, though they cannot use it on just any kind of fracture. they also
have to be careful about not using too much of it.

kate

Anybody heard of this treatment? We would appreciate it if anybody has and
would share their experience with me so I can forward it to him.
Thanks so much.

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ironjustice - 30 Sep 2007 10:53 GMT

On Sep 28, 12:04 pm, "Navy" <medical23SkidooF...@sc.rr.com> wrote:We
would appreciate it if anybody has and
would share their experience with me so I can forward it to him.
Thanks so much. <<

I've read they have much better luck controlling the infections by
adding a little lecithin to the bone mix ..

So I suppose there might be a bit of an infection problem since that
study was specifically designed to decrease infections ..

Whether or not that is the kind of experience you are looking for ..

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Navy - 01 Oct 2007 13:01 GMT

Thanks so much to all the people who took time to answer and especially
Janers, who added a link. My friend said it was a great deal of help.

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