Kyphoplasty
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At Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), we use kyphoplasty to rebuild cracked or collapsed vertebrae, which can result from certain cancers like multiple myeloma, as well as metastatic tumors.
First, a special balloon is gently inflated inside the fractured bone to expand it to its normal height. The balloon is then deflated and removed. Using image guidance, a cement-like material is injected directly into the remaining space through a hollow needle.
For this procedure, our cancer doctors use a new type of synthetic bone material called CortossTM. The material is considered to be as strong as bone and, when it sets, doesn’t get hot or injure normal bone tissue. It also hardens within five minutes after being injected into the bone.
A minimally invasive procedure, kyphoplasty is often used to treat compression fractures of the spinal vertebrae. It involves a short surgical and recovery time, and can help to relieve pain, restore height, restore mobility, reduce spinal deformity, and stabilize fractures.
Interventional Radiology
- Abscess Drainage and Fluid Collection Management
- Angiography
- Angioplasty
- Arterial Infusion Catheter Placement
- Arteriography
- Biliary Drainage (internal / external stent placement)
- Biopsy
- Bland Tumor Embolization
- Bone and Joint Injection
- Breast Ductography
- Breast Needle Localization
- Celiac Plexus Neurolysis (CPN) / Celiac Plexus Block
- Chemoembolization
- Chest Tube Placement
- Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
- Cyroablation
- Cryotherapy
- CT Angiography
- CT Bone Density
- CT Fluoroscopy
- CT-Guided Biopsy
- Embolization
- Emobolization Venography
- Epidural Steroid Injection
- Feeding Tube Placement
- GE Interventional Radiology Suite
- Hepatic Chemoembolization
- Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Placement
- Innova IGS 540 Interventional Radiology Suite
- Intraoperative Ultrasound
- IVC Filter Placement
- Kyphoplasty
- Lung Nodule Analysis
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammography Suite
- Microwave Ablation
- MR Computer-Aided Detection (CAD)
- MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy
- Multidetector CT Scanner
- Multiple-Gated Acquisition (MUGA) Scan
- NanoKnife®
- Nerve Block
- Nerve Root Block
- Paracentesis
- Percutaneous Gastrostomy / Gastrojejunostomy
- Percutaneous Image-Guided Biopsy
- Percutaneous Nephroureteral Stenting
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Placement
- PET Scan
- Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- Port Placement
- Portal Vein Embolization
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- Prostascint® Scan
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- SPECT/CT Camera for Nuclear Studies
- Stent Placement / Removal
- Surgical Radiography
- TheraSphere®
- Thoracentesis
- Thrombectomy
- Thrombolysis
- Transhepatic Biliary Drainage and Internal Stenting
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Trellis® Peripheral Infusion System
- Ultrasound
- Ureteral Stenting
- Vascular Access Devices
- Venography
- Venous Angioplasty / Stenting
- Vertebroplasty / Vertebral Ablation (see Kyphoplasty)
- X-Ray
