Hola Folks!
Received this in email tonite;
Alan wrote:
Cheers
My mother, who is 97 years old, has had this procedure 4 or 5 times
to different vertebrae. It has worked every time. I took her to the
hospital the first time she had it done and I vividly remember a
scene in the waiting room. This man, in his forties, was in a wheel
chair and from the look on his face you knew he was in a lot of pain.
He went in and not more than a 1/2 hour later he came back , pushing
his wheel chair and had the biggest grin on his face that I ever saw.
Well that completely put my mom at ease as she
was next. They only give a 'local' for this procedure. I am sure
the stuff they inject is a two-part, quick drying epoxy, not "regular
cement". Cement would not set fast enough and if it got in a joint,
the stuff would not make a good bearing. If you know any one that is
considering this procedure, tell them not to worry.
Alan
Jerry Decker - KN wrote:
Hola Folks!
What an intriguing idea!!!
http://seven.com.au/todaytonight/story/?id=16997
10/27/05 - Injecting concrete to 'cure' back problems
A few weeks ago, Mervyn, who has osteoporosis, broke his back. He
suffered a vertebrae fracture which is usually untreatable. Most
people with this injury have to simply lie in bed for up to four
months and wait for it to heal. But now there's new hope for people
like Mervyn Mason.
He was given having the latest cutting edge treatment, where cement
is injected into his broken spine. Yes, cement similar to that used
in footpaths. The cement restores the strength of the vertebrae.
Mervyn has already received the treatment for another fracture he
suffered, and couldn't believe the results. "It's an absolute miracle
for the treatment to be immediately effective to reduce pain and
fracture," Mervyn said. "It's quite amazing to feel it can be done
immediately."
"A needle is passed through the skin and into the body of the
vertebral bone," Dr Clark explained. "We then mix up some cement to
the consistency of toothpaste and inject it into the bone."
"It smells a little like the glue in the old aeroplane kits."
What this does it restores the bone's hardness and stops the motion
in the fracture and relieves the pain." The procedure is called
vertebroplasty.
The cement is slowly squeezed into the fracture while Dr Clark
monitors it through an x-ray on a TV screen. "As we inject the glue
we watch it filling the bone and make sure it doesn't go anywhere we
don't want it to go," Dr Clark said.
Mervyn received about a teaspoonful of cement injected into his
fractured vertebrae. It set in about five minutes, and it was hoped
that within the hour, his mind-bending pain would be gone, while his
fragile spine would once again be supportive.
--
Jerry Decker - http://www.keelynet.com
Donations to support KeelyNet: http://www.keelynet.com/donate1.htm
Public Archive http://www.escribe.com/science/keelynet
Order out of Chaos - From an Art to a Science
