What is a Sacroplasty?

Sacroplasty is a minimally invasive, percutaneous, image-guided technique for the treatment of SIFs and painful sacral metastasis. The procedure involves the injecting of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement through one or more trocar needles in the affected sacral wing.

Can you walk with a sacral fracture?

Do not sit on hard, unpadded surfaces. Sit on a doughnut-shaped pillow to take pressure off the tailbone area. Put only as much weight on each leg as your doctor tells you to. Your doctor may advise you to use crutches, a walker, or a cane to help you walk.

How long does a broken sacrum take to heal?

A sacral fracture takes 8–12 weeks to heal and fusion rates following sacral fractures have been reported to be 85–90%. Malunion can occur after delayed treatment or insufficient reduction, with a consequent alteration of pelvic incidence.

What is the treatment for a sacral fracture?

If your sacrum is fractured, in most cases, treatment consists of rest, Dr. Park says. A sacral fracture hurts, so you may be prescribed some medication. If acetaminophen is not effective, you may be given a low-strength narcotic like tramadol, Dr.

What kind of doctor performs Sacroplasty?

What is sacroplasty? Sacroplasty, performed by an interventional radiologist, is a safe and effective treatment of osteoporotic fractures of the sacrum. Symptoms are often immediately relieved by treatment of the fractures with injection of polymethylmethacrylate.

Is Sacroplasty a major surgery?

Kyphoplasty is considered a minimally invasive surgery because it is performed through a small skin puncture rather than a larger (open) incision. A typical kyphoplasty procedure, described below, takes 1 to 2 hours per vertebral level to complete.

How serious is a sacral fracture?

A physician named Lourie first described sacral insufficiency fractures in 1982. These fractures can cause severe pain in the buttock, back, hip, groin, and/or pelvis. Walking is typically slow and painful. Many daily activities become painful, difficult, and in some cases impossible.

How do you sleep with a broken sacrum?

To lessen the pain of a broken or bruised tailbone, consider sleeping:

1. on a firm mattress.
2. on your side with a pillow between your knees.
3. on your back with a pillow under your knees.

Is walking good for sacrum pain?

Exercise walking is gentler on the sacroiliac joint than running or jogging, and has the added benefit of being easy to fit in to a regular schedule.

How do you perform Sacroplasty?

The sacroplasty procedure involves:

1. Percutaneously inserting one or more bone needles into the sacrum under fluoroscopy and/or CT visual guidance.
2. Injecting bone cement under imaging to stabilize the fracture.

What type of surgery is kyphoplasty?

kyphoplasty: a minimally invasive procedure used to treat vertebral compression fractures by inflating a balloon to restore bone height then injecting bone cement into the vertebral body.

What kind of doctor does a kyphoplasty?

Image-guided, minimally invasive procedures such as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are most often performed by a specially trained interventional radiologist or neuroradiologist in an interventional radiology or neuroradiology suite, or occasionally in the operating room.