>> ellen simpson, m.d. ELLEN SIMPSON, M.D. Retired pediatric cardiologist Age: 86 Diagnosis: Osteoporotic fracture Location: San Francisco, Calif. USA Two thoracic fractures repaired in January 2003. Dr. Simpson had already been diagnosed with osteopenia and was taking [use generic name—Fosamax]. She’d been sitting hunched over during a Thanksgiving Day party. The next morning, her fractures made it “difficult to get out of bed.” After her Balloon Kyphoplasty Procedure, she likes to show off her ability to bend and move. Her friends tell her she, “looks 15 years younger!” osteoporotic fracture
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>>ellen simpson, m.d.
E L L E N S I M P S O N , M . D .
Retired pediatric cardiologist Age: 86Diagnosis: Osteoporotic fractureLocation: San Francisco, Calif. USA
Two thoracic fractures repairedin January 2003. Dr.
Simpson had already been
diagnosed with osteopenia
and was taking [use generic
name—Fosamax]. She’d
been sitting hunched over
during a Thanksgiving Day
party. The next morning,
her fractures made it
“difficult to get out of bed.”
After her Balloon
Kyphoplasty Procedure, she
likes to show off her ability
to bend and move. Her
friends tell her she, “looks 15
years younger!”
osteoporotic fracture
Mr. Luperine down for four years, causing doctors to
prescribe a corticosteroid. Unfortunately, the drugs caused
him to lose bone mass—a common side-effect of steroid
regimens—and he developed osteoporosis. His resulting
spinal fracture was so debilitating that a pain pump was
implanted to manage the pain. Following a Balloon
Kyphoplasty procedure to treat his fracture, the pump was
removed, and Mr. Luperine is now happy to “be living and
getting around again.”
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Retired banker Age: 62Diagnosis: Steroid-induced fractureLocation: Castro Valley, Calif. USA
A lung ailment slowed
steroid-induced fracture
Mr. Van Mol was flying his hang glider when something
went terribly wrong. The sail collapsed, causing him to slam
his back into a high tree, and he suffered an L-1 spine
fracture and a broken arm. After a painful nine hour car
ride back to Belgium, he was treated with a Balloon
Kyphoplasty Procedure using a biomaterial. “I immediately
started walking. In two weeks, I was able to ride on my