From Medical Park Karadeniz Hospital, Op. Dr. Mehmet Feryat Demirhan, “With the cementoloma (kyphoplasty) method, a special balloon is inflated into the fractured spine of the patient and bone cement is given after the height of the collapsed spine is corrected. After the procedure, which takes 20-25 minutes, the patient is rested for 1 day and can continue his normal life without any problems.
Stating that osteoporosis is a bone disease with decreased bone formation and increased destruction, Medical Park Karadeniz Hospital Brain and Nerve Surgery Specialist Op. Dr. Mehmet Feryat Demirhan said, “Under normal conditions, bone tissue is a tissue that renews itself by being constantly made and destroyed. In cases where this balance is disrupted and bone destruction is more or its production is reduced, minerals such as calcium in the bone tissue and the collagen tissue that forms the bone framework decrease. In this case, the density of the bone tissue decreases and weakens and bone resorption (osteoporosis) occurs.
Kiss. Dr. Mehmet Feryat Demirhan listed the symptoms of osteoporosis as follows:
“Bone resorption often progresses without symptoms. When symptomatic, there is usually back and low back pain due to micro (small) bone fractures in the back. In patients with advanced osteoporosis, symptoms such as severe pain due to spinal fractures, progressive hunching and shortening of stature may occur.
Stating that patients with osteoporosis are prone to compression fractures of the spine, Medical Park Karadeniz Hospital Brain and Nerve Surgery Specialist Op. Dr. Mehmet Feryat Demirhan, “In some patients with osteoporosis, the spine is crushed and collapsed under pressure, which leads to loss of height. These types of fractures usually occur without serious trauma. Most of these fractures (approximately 80 percent) that occur in the weakened spine body due to osteoporosis are detected incidentally in the investigation of patients presenting with low back and back pain.
Emphasizing that filling treatments, which are popularly defined as “cement”, give successful results when bone resorption patients have fractures that are not completely fragmented, Op. Dr. Mehmet Feryat Demirhan explained the two methods used in this treatment as follows:
“Vertebroplasty: With X-ray guidance, special needles are inserted through the skin and bone cement is injected into the fractured spine. In this way, the bone is strengthened.
Kyphoplasty: In kyphoplasty, unlike vertebroplasty, a special balloon is inflated inside the fractured spine and bone cement is given after the height of the collapsed spine is corrected. The patient, who is rested for 20 day after the procedure, which is performed under operating room conditions and under local anesthesia, and lasts for 25-1 minutes, can continue his normal life without any problems.
Kiss. Dr. Mehmet Feryat Demirhan listed the advantages of filling treatment as follows:
- It is done with local anesthesia.
- No incision is made, only a needle is entered.
- Immediate relief of pain after the procedure.
- Return to normal life 24 hours after the procedure.
- The complication rate is very low.