Ask Your Doctor

The following questions are designed to help you have a conversation with your doctor or spine specialist about your vertebral compression fracture (VCF) as well as the treatment you will receive.

Compression Fracture Basics

• Why is it important to treat spinal fractures?
• How common are spinal fractures?
• What makes me a candidate for treatment of my VCF?
• What treatment options exist?
• What is the difference between vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty?
• How is the pain treated? Will it return?
• Are there risks associated with vertebral augmentation?

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