|
Vertebroplasty |
Kyphoplasty |
Vesselplasty |
Correction vertebral height
|
No
- Some correction by position |
Yes |
Yes |
Create spaces/void
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Ø
Method
|
- Use inflatable balloon; it is inflated by water
and removed
|
- Use inflatable vessel; it is inflated by bone
void filler material and left in position |
Ø
Void size
|
- Void might reduce |
- Void preserved |
Ø
Void shape
|
- Void shape uncontrolled |
- Void shape controlled |
Leakage of cement out of vertebra
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Interdigitate the bone
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Indications: mild, moderate, & severe
osteoporotic
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
