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Beverly Hills Spine Surgery offers both orthopedic and neurosurgical perspectives to spine health. Offering you the best of both practices in one. Hunched Over? You May Need Kyphoplasty When the spine transforms from a supple and relatively straight structure to one that starts to collapse on itself, correcting the problem may require a surgical procedure called kyphoplasty. Imagine your spine, when viewed in profile, as a series of C shapes: a subtle inverted C in the upper (cervical) area a C in the middle (thoracic) region a mildly inverted C that forms the lower (lumbar) region When vertebrae become brittle the spine can end up compressed — and the C shapes more pronounced. In many cases this process is a result of osteoporotic compression fractures — vertebrae that are weakened and eventually lose their structure because of a bone disease called osteoporosis. Over time these damaged vertebrae can no longer support the spine, causing it to fold. One way to reve