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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2015 was held in Las Vegas, will be March 24 -28, 25, began the exhibition hall open, hang in there are some interesting findings, one by one to share with you. Point here is a balloon expandable intramedullary fixation system: Photodynamic Balloon Stabilization System (balloon light dynamic stabilization system). PKP before being placed in the body and used much like a balloon, strip, soft, non-metallic, insert the canal, after reaching the desired position, push syringe injection whole canal expansion, and fit with the inner wall of the canal, hardness strengthened, obtain stable fixing.

Patient, male, 80 years old, trauma induced T12 vertebral compression fractures were admitted to hospital, back pain, and no neurological symptoms. Ray - X: vertebral body compression of about 1/2, CT: vertebral canal without a bit, the posterior margin of the vertebral body without bone broken line, leading to