By the way, did I mention that Marc's mom also has a compression fracture of a lumbar vertebra? Yeah, her back was hurting quite a bit, so they did an MRI and found the fracture. They're going to do a procedure where they inject a resin into the fracture to stabilize it. This process is called kyphoplasty. There's an interesting animated explanation of the process here.
We do this procedure where I work, and I spoke to one of our doctors about it. He mentioned that the leading expert on the procedure is in Atlanta. Unfortunately, Marc's mom won't be able to get to him, but they have experienced people at the hospital she's in. They've done a lot of them, and their success rate is very good.
So it's bad that she has more damage, but it's good that there's this new process that shows real hope of giving her a good recovery without major surgery and all of the risks that go with it.
3 comments:
man, it's crazy what they can do these days!
I hope the procedure works and that shee starts to feel better!
Kyphoplsty sounds like Greek God or something. I hope all goes well for her. Keep us apprised of her condition. Have great weekend!
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