joimax® VBA-Management Program
SPASYTM - minimally invasive Balloon Kyphoplasty System
Balloon Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive percutaneous method for stabilizing the spine. It offers a good alternative for patients who fail to respond to the traditional approaches of bedrest, analgesics, and back braces.
The SPASY™ Kyphoplasty System helps to restore some of the height loss because of fracture and reduces the angle of the deformity.
Advantages of the method
Indications
• Vertebral compression fracture
• Osteoporosis
• Metastatic bone tumor
Contraindications
• Infection of the fractured vertebra
• Severe hemorrhagic diathesis
• Known allergies to the cement
• Pregnancy
• ASA score: 4
Advantages for the patients
• Minimally invasive spine surgery
• Fast pain relief
• Safe application of bone cement
• Local anesthesia
• Fast recovery
What means VBA?
VBA is the short form for Vertebral Body Augmentation
What means SPASY?
SPASY is the short form for Spinal Augmenation System
