age 75, who lives in Florida, was bending over to put air in his car tire when he felt something "tear" in his back. The "searing pain was unbearable and I was screaming in pain" according to Mr. Mazzarele.
After a quick visit to his internist a subsequent MRI revealed 2 lumber fractures involving L2 and L4.
Dr. Frank Fiola, interventional spine radiologist at Vascular & Interventional Physicians(VIP) in Gainesville Fla. performed a two level vertebroplasty with no complications.
Mr. Mazzarele claims to be just a litle sore less than a week from his surgery but has returned to gardening including pulling weeds and other chores. He is looking forward to going back to work shortly at his part-time job driving cars for Hertz car company.
While vertebroplasty has a over 90% success rate in relieving severe spine pain, results will vary. For more information or to see if you or a loved one are a candidate for this procedure please refer to a specialist.