Definition of "kyphoplasty" []

• A medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material. (noun)

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• "Medtronic has stepped up the pace of acquisitions in recent years, incorporating promising technologies such as heart valves but also some underperforming products such as a treatment for fractures of the vertebrae known as kyphoplasty."
• "The number of referrals Dr. Angelo Malamis has received for an osteoporosis treatment called kyphoplasty has dropped sharply since publcation of two controversial studies."
• "While there, he discovered patients who went to hospitals for what was considered outpatient, minimally invasive back surgery called kyphoplasty were being kept overnight, then classified as in-patient cases, according to the U.S. Department of Justice."