Pathological fractures of the spine due to primary or metastatic malignancies and severe osteoporosis are very common in elderly patients. The pain caused by the fracture or the tumor itself is very severe and unbearable for the patient, and the quality of life is extremely poor. For this group of patients, they are often unable to tolerate larger surgical procedures because of the long duration of the disease, poor physical condition, and organ dysfunction of the heart, lungs, and brain; conservative treatment requires patients to take a lot of medication, be bedridden for a long time, and be unable to take care of themselves, especially for patients with malignant spinal tumors with intractable pain, which has little effect. Based on the traditional vertebroplasty for pathological fractures of the spine, the balloon bracing orthopedic system is applied to perform the most advanced orthopedic surgery for posterior convexity of the spine, providing safe and effective treatment for patients. Zou Depo, Department of Orthopedics, Shandong Qianfo Mountain Hospital
The operation procedure of posterior convexity orthopedic surgery adopts minimally invasive interventional spine treatment technology, which has the advantages of less trauma and danger, shorter operation time, faster patient recovery and remarkable results. During the operation, under X-ray surveillance, a spinal arch is used to introduce a propping device into the diseased vertebral body and restore the height of the diseased vertebral body and the normal physiological curvature of the spine after pressure propping, and then bone cement is injected into the vertebral body through the arch channel to stabilize the fracture and achieve the purpose of treatment. In addition, special surgical instruments can be used to remove some of the diseased tissues during surgery, and through pathological examination, a clear diagnosis of primary spinal tumors and spinal metastases of unknown origin can be made, thus guiding the systemic treatment of malignant tumors. Our department has successfully treated more than hundreds of patients using this technique, some of whom are elderly patients over 80 years old, without complications. Through the treatment, the patients’ intractable pain has been effectively relieved, and most of them have regained the ability to take care of themselves, which has significantly improved their quality of life.