Aster CMI Hospital Conducts South India’s First Vertebral Stentoplasty

Keeping up with its commitment to providing world-class clinical medical services to all, Aster CMI Hospital successfully conducted an advanced Vertebral Body Stenting procedure on a 57-year-old female patient. It is a treatment for osteoporotic compression fractures, where polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement was injected into the fractured vertebral body.

The patient had complaints of severe low back pain and life was not easy for her given her limited mobility and dependability. The patient was brought into the hospital in severe pain and was unable to walk or stand. Upon diagnosis, the patient was known to be on treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Since the patient was already in severe pain for the past 10 days and considering the age-related risk factors, doctors decided on Vertebral body stenting (Stentoplasty), a novel vertebral augmentation procedure.

During the procedure, the stent was inserted along with the balloon in the vertebra, the balloon was inflated with the objective to raise the collapsed vertebra. Upon inflation, the stent was also expanded and it remained so within the newly created vertebral cavity even after the balloon was deflated. The cavity was filled with bone cement to support the bone surrounding. This procedure took less than an hour and post the surgery, there was a significant improvement in mobility and the patient was comfortably walking without any assistance,” added Dr. Srikantha.