Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
Treats a painful broken bone in the spine by filling it with medical bone cement through a needle.
Colour key
- Broken boneThe problem
- Broken bone and discsThe problem
- SpineAnatomy
- Bone cementWhat stays in
- VeinsAnatomy
- Hollow needleWhat the doctor uses
- Second needleWhat the doctor uses
- Working tubeWhat the doctor uses
- BalloonWhat the doctor uses
- Balloon tubeWhat the doctor uses
- Small cement leakRisk
- Cement in a veinRisk
- Small dressingWhat stays in
Status
- 3D model
- Ready: 32 named parts, used by the patient guide.
- To come, from the same files as the on-screen model.
- Patient guide
- 12 steps in 6 parts, draft awaiting clinical review.
- Licence and credits
- Built from Z-Anatomy (CC BY-SA 4.0), based on BodyParts3D. Changed: simplified, recoloured, procedure parts added. Licence for this model: being confirmed before launch.
The story the model tells
- 1Your spine is a stack of bonesWhat it treats
- 2Weak bones can crack and squash downWhat it treats
- 3Bone cement works like a cast inside the boneHow it works
- 4It is for a new break that stays very painfulIs it for you
- 5Getting readyThe procedure
- 6A hollow needle goes into the broken boneThe procedure
- 7Kyphoplasty only: a balloon makes roomThe procedure
- 8Cement fills the boneThe procedure
- 9The needle comes outThe procedure
- 10Resting, then homeAfterwards
- 11How well it works, honestlyAfterwards
- 12Risks, explained plainlyRisks
Parts
| Part | Side | Shows |
|---|---|---|
| Healthy bone above | Anatomy | |
| Healthy bone above | Anatomy | |
| Broken bone | The problem | |
| Broken bone | The problem | |
| Bone after vertebroplasty | After treatment | |
| Bone after kyphoplasty | After treatment | |
| Healthy bone below | Anatomy | |
| Disc | Anatomy | |
| Disc | Anatomy | |
| Disc | Anatomy | |
| Spinal cord covering | Anatomy | |
| Nerve roots | Anatomy | |
| Veins | Anatomy | |
| Hollow needle | What the doctor uses | |
| Second needle | What the doctor uses | |
| Working tube | What the doctor uses | |
| Working tube | What the doctor uses | |
| Balloon | What the doctor uses | |
| Balloon | What the doctor uses | |
| Balloon tube | What the doctor uses | |
| Bone cement | What stays in | |
| Bone cement | What stays in | |
| Small cement leak | Risk | |
| Cement in a vein | Risk | |
| Small dressing | What stays in |