NellW Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Bob is having a biopsy to his 4rth lumbar vertebrae tomorrow morning and the doc who is doing it called and said he will also be doing something called vertebroplasty. It sounds like this is something to strengthen the area. Has anyone had any experience with this procedure. Bob would also like to know if it is a common thing to do at this time. Thanks Love Nell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/in ... rtebro.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stand4hope Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Nell, I sure don't know a diddly darn thing about this procedure, but please know that Bob is in my prayers. I pray that he will have a successful procedure that will free him from the pain. Love, Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimblanchard Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Not much to add to John's link. It can work great to relieve pain from compression fractures that are not healing. Use in metastatic lesions is a little controversial but we do it sometimes. Downsides are the leaking cement, I have one patient who had vertebroplasty with extrusion of cement and her pain has been much worse ever since but that's the only time I've seen that happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NellW Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 Thanks for the link John, printed the whole article for Bob to read last night. He is at the hospital right now, so I don't know how he is doing yet, and thanks for the prayers, Peggy, and the response, Dr. Joe. It makes me a bit nervous waiting to see how this does for him. Sure am hoping and praying that his pain can be lessened somehow. I will update everyone soon as we hear from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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