Our doctor said that the fracture was pushed back into the spinal canal, so vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty cannot be done. Is this correct?
Absolutely not. Although this scenario (spinal stenosis from a retropulsed fragment) is a relative reason not to do the procedure, Dr. Webb has fixed many patients with this condition. Although there is some increased risk, we recommend that these cases are treated by specialists who see a high volume of cases (i.e., doctors who routinely fix 20 or more fractures per month). In the proper hands, vertebral augmentation is safe even in these patients.
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