Vertebroplasty is often an outpatient procedure used to treat painful compression fractures in the spine. In a compression fracture, all or part of a spine bone collapses.| medlineplus.gov
Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break (fracture).| medlineplus.gov
Compression fractures of the back are broken vertebrae. Vertebrae are the bones of the spine.| medlineplus.gov