Helen Daniels, a 100-year-old patient in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was recently treated with balloon kyphoplasty, a minimally-invasive spinal procedure, to relieve back pain from two spinal fractures caused by osteoporosis, according to a release from Medtronic.
The balloon kyphoplasty was performed by Kenneth Hansraj, an orthopedic spine specialist with New York Spine Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine in Poughkeepsie.
An executive at Medtronic’s Kyphon products division said Mrs. Daniels’ positive outcome showed the benefits of balloon kyphoplasty.
Read Medtronic’s release on balloon kyphoplasty.
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