Osteoporosis is common in the elderly. Because of osteoporosis, bones become brittle and compression fractures of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae can occur with minor trauma, such as a slip and fall. There are even some elderly people who have not been injured, but only have back pain, who go to orthopedic examinations and are found to have fractures of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. What should I do after a compression fracture of the thoracic and lumbar spine? In the past, it was either bed rest for two to three months or wearing a very hard support (a hard shell from the chest to the waist) to move on the ground, which was very uncomfortable. Now there is a new approach: percutaneous vertebroplasty. It is also called “bone cement surgery”. In order to understand this technique, it is important to first understand what bone cement is. Bone cement is a medical material used in orthopedic surgery, and is so commonly known because it resembles white cement used in construction and decoration. The characteristics of bone cement: when it is used, it is first paste-like, then gradually hardens and completely solidifies after about 12 minutes, and its strength after solidification is similar to that of human bone. When doing percutaneous vertebroplasty, the doctor only makes a small incision of about 5 mm on the skin, and then uses a 4 mm thick puncture needle to puncture into the fractured vertebrae through this small incision and injects the unconsolidated bone cement into the vertebrae, which sets quickly. Patients immediately feel significant relief from the original low back pain, which can be described as an “immediate effect”. Patients are usually able to move around on the same day of surgery or the afternoon of the next day, and are discharged the next day. In addition to treating vertebral compression fractures caused by osteoporosis, this procedure can also treat vertebral pain caused by various benign and malignant lesions such as vertebral metastases, painful angiomas of the vertebral body, and myeloma. There is another condition: after a fracture occurs, it does not heal for a long time because of osteoporosis, and it is always painful, especially when the position changes (such as when sitting up from a lying position). This condition is particularly suitable for this type of surgery to solve the pain immediately. Medication is also important: 1. calcium carbonate, 600 mg per day 2. osteotriol, (or alfa osteotriol), 0.25-0.5 mcg per day (1-2 tablets), 3. sodium alantheolate, 70 mg of each tablet, one tablet per week. 4. Strong Bone Capsules, 1 tablet each time, 3 times a day.