The potential benefits of vesselplasty for the treatment of spinal fractures are highlighted in a recent study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.  Patients treated with vesselplasty, including some with multiple myeloma, experienced significant reductions in pain, immobility, and the use of painkillers.

Spinal fractures, also known as collapsed vertebrae or vertebral compression fractures, can develop in multiple myeloma patients who suffer from bone weakening.

Vesselplasty is a minimally invasive, image-guided surgical procedure that has emerged as an alternative to the conventional treatments of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.  A…

Bone fractures and bone disease are two severe complications affecting myeloma patients. However, treatments such as radiation therapy, vertebroplasty, and kyphoplasty are all used to help myeloma patients combat weakening bone formation.

The most common type of lesions that develop in myeloma patients are in the spinal column. Patients may mistake pain from the lesion, often in the lower back and ribs, to be general back pain. One possible cause for the pain is vertebral compression fractures, also known as spinal fractures. This happens because the bone in the spine is too…