Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that treats painful vertebral compression fractures by injecting bone cement through a small puncture in the skin directly into the fractured vertebra. The cement, typically polymethyl methacrylate, hardens to stabilize the bone and relieve pain without attempting to restore the vertebra's height. It is usually performed as an outpatient procedure and is the simpler of the two vertebral augmentation techniques, the other being kyphoplasty.
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Vertebral augmentation, including vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, refers to similar percutaneous spinal procedures in which bone cement is injected through a small hole in the skin into a fractured vertebra in order to relieve back pain caused by a vertebral compression fracture.
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The first percutaneous vertebroplasty was performed in 1984 at the University Hospital of Amiens, France to fill a vertebral void left after the removal of a benign spinal tumor.
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