percutaneous vertebroplasty
vertebroplasty

Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a mouthful of a term that refers to injecting medical-quality glue around broken vertebrae.

Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a new technique that is used to treat compressive fractures of the vertebrae of the spinal column.

The first percutaneous vertebroplasty was performed in 1984 at the University Hospital of Amiens, France to fill a vertebral void left after the removal of a benign spinal tumor.