Spine Fracture Fixation

Spine fixation known as Vertebral fixation, is an orthopaedic surgical procedure in which two or more vertebrae are anchored to each other through a synthetic “vertebral fixation device”, with the aim of reducing vertebral mobility and thus avoiding possible damage to the spinal cord and/or spinal roots.

Vertebroplasty is the procedure where a type of bone cement is injected into a broken spinal bone. A similar treatment, called kyphoplasty, involves inserting balloons into the fractured vertebra to create a cavity, which is then filled with bone cement to stabilize the bone and relieve pain.