Repeated fracture of a vertebral body after treatment with balloon kyphoplasty: Case illustration

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-

  Leslie Mazwi, Thabele ^a   Deen, H Gordon ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon kyphoplasty; Vertebral collapse; Vertebral compression fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LABORATORY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA BODY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOPOROSIS; RECURRENCE; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33645749139     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.3.270     Document Type: Article

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