kyphoplasties
Posted By: Viggo lover on 2008-01-04
In Reply to: what is pleural of kyphoplasty? - mdlfcrs
Subject: kyphoplasties
kyphoplasty
One entry found for kyphoplasty.
Main Entry: ky·pho·plas·ty
Pronunciation: k-f-plas-t
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
: a medical procedure that is similar to vertebroplasty in the use of acrylic cement to stabilize and reduce pain associated with a vertebral compression fracture but that additionally restores vertebral height and lessens spinal deformity by injecting the cement into a cavity created in the fractured bone by the insertion and inflation of a special balloon
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