A percutaneous ____________________ is a minimally invasive procedure that is performed to treat osteoporosis-related compression fractures of the spine.

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A percutaneous vertebroplasty is a procedure which is minimally invasive that is performed in order to treat osteoporosis related compression fractures of the spine.

Vertebroplasty is a procedure which helps stabilizing the spine by treating the compression fractures in it. This is done by injecting the bone cement into the vertebrae on the back bones which has been broken or cracked due to osteoporosis.

The added cement hardens up and helps in the stabilizing the fractures present in the spine and supporting it. This procedure in minimally invasive as it is done through just through a small puncture in the skin instead of open incision.

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