Surgery Follow-Up. In kyphoplasty, a balloon is inserted through a small incision to separate the compressed spine and restore the vertebrae's height.

The balloon kyphoplasty procedure can take 30 minutes. "Patients are only on their belly for a short time," Connelly said. "And when I see people two weeks later, no one's talking to me about the ...

TA Criterion 1: The technology must have final approval from the appropriate government regulatory bodies. As a surgical procedure, balloon Kyphoplasty is not subject to FDA clearance. However, an ...

Introduction. Balloon kyphoplasty has been only recently considered an established operative procedure in the treatment of vertebral fractures. The first successful application of a similar ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J., April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A spinal compression fracture (also known as a vertebral compression fracture) occurs when ...

A doctor in Austin thinks many back problems can be cured with balloons and cement. It's a new procedure to treat disc fractures called balloon kyphoplasty. Dr. Viet Tran says it takes less than ...

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 ...

Kyphoplasty is a surgical procedure that involves inflating a balloon to open up the space inside a fractured vertebra so a surgeon can repair it with special bone cement.

This procedure known as Kyphon(R) Balloon Kyphoplasty has been shown in two recent studies to provide better back pain relief, quality of life and back function than non-surgical treatment of ...

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 ...

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 ...