Is percutaneous vertebral augmentation (vertebroplasty) effective treatment for painful vertebral fractures?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 326-328

  Watts, Nelson B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BONE CEMENT; CALCITONIN;

ANALGESIA; BODY MOVEMENT; BONE MASS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE MALFORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0037356751     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00050-0     Document Type: Editorial

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