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
- Angioplasty
- Arterial Infusion Catheter Placement
- Biliary Drainage
- Biopsy
- Bone & Joint Injection
- Breast Biopsy (see MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy)
- Breast Ductography
- Breast Needle Localization
- Chemoembolization
- Cryotherapy
- CT Angiography
- CT Bone Density
- CT Fluoroscopy
- CT-Guided Biopsy
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Embolization
- Epidural Steroid Injection
- Feeding Tube Placement
- Fracture Care
- Inferior Vena Cava Filter
- Intraoperative Ultrasound
- Kyphoplasty
- Lung Nodule Analysis
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammography
- Microwave Ablation
- MR Computer-Aided Detection
- MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy
- Multidetector CT Scanner
- Multiple-Gated Acquisition (MUGA) Scan
- Nephrostomy Drainage
- Nerve Block
- Nuclear Medicine Imaging
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Placement
- PET Scan
- PET/CT Scan
- Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- Port Placement
- Prostascint Scan
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- SPECT/CT Camera
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Stent Placement
- Surgical Radiography
- TheraSphere®
- Thrombolysis
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Trellis®Peripheral Infusion System
- Ultrasound
- Venography
- Vertebroplasty (see Kyphoplasty)
- X-Ray
