Taking vertebroplasty to a new level or making a mountain out of a molehill?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 439-440

  Cloft, Harry J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; EDITORIAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOPLASTY; KYPHOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL PAIN; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NOTE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; METAPHOR; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844369478     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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