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StarbuckDifranco
Female, 38, Oklahoma City, OK
"Come on, Tennessee!!! It's only Vandy."
7:59pm Saturday
squirty bone goo? Mood
Sunday, September 28, 2008 | A Venting story

Man, I accidentally stumbled across something online one day, and now that I am deliberately trying to find it, I can't.  I saw an experimental procedure advertised, where they can inject a synthetic bone-like substance, or the building blocks of bone--into your bone that has lost bits of itself, and it is supposed to instantly strengthen and then promote the regrowth of bone.  Well, that is the basic problem with my 2 vertebrae, particularly L5 right now....lost bone mass in the back of the vertebrae.  So you know what I was thinking, right?  Why can't I just get some of this stuff squirted into the spaces where bone used to be?  Since that is the core problem.

 

But, it was like in New York or something.  I'd like to apply, though, if I can find them!

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  1. mockingbird12

    Polymethylmethacrylate or PMMA is a 'squirty bone goo' used in kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty in a "non-surgical" approach to correct issues with the vertebral bodies and/or the spaces between them. In spinal procedures the 'goo' is mixed with a quick-hardening compund and an antibiotic to stave off infection. The procedure is quite effective for vertebral compression fractures. Hope this helps!


    mockingbird12

  2. EmpoweredOKC

    I feel cheated. I saw the title "squirty bone goo" and expected a totally different journal entry. but it was only stuff about medical procedures.


    EmpoweredOKC

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