Sacral kyphoplasty is a very effective, minimally invasive surgical procedure. Patients with debilitating diseases such as primary sacral tumors or metastases can be treated by this technique with ...

The procedure is done under moderate sedation and usually takes about 30 minutes. Because kyphoplasty isn’t an open procedure, patients usually don’t need to spend the night in the hospital.

Kyphoplasty involves inserting and inflating a balloon in a patient's fractured vertebra and then filling the space with bone cement. The procedure was developed by Kyphon, the only company that ...

Patients who underwent kyphoplasty had a significantly greater change in RDQ score from baseline to 1 month (mean of 17.6 to 9.1; P < .0001) than those who did not (mean of 18.2 to 18.0; P = .83).

2.3.3 In a study of 222 patients (360 procedures), a greater than 20% restoration of lost vertebral height was achieved in 63% and 69% of fractures at the anterior and midline, respectively, and the ...

In another non-randomised controlled study (28 patients undergoing balloon kyphoplasty, 35 fractures), six fractures to adjacent vertebrae were observed within 4 months from the procedure. 2.4.3 Other ...

Kyphoplasty is a procedure that treats compression fractures in the spine. It relieves pain at the site, but some people may experience pain even after the procedure. Treating it includes taking ...

Since there is no regular CPT code for the procedure being performed at a cervical level, use the unlisted CPT code 22899 for a cervical kyphoplasty procedure. Learn more about Ellis Medical ...