The intravertebral vacuum phenomen as specific sign of osteonecrosis in vertebral compression fractures: Results from a radiological and histological study

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2248-2252

  Libicher, Martin ^a   Appelt, Andreas ^b   Berger, Irina ^b   Baier, Martin ^b   Meeder, Peter Jürgen ^b   Grafe, Ingo ^b   DaFonseca, Katharina ^b   Nöldge, Gerd ^b   Kasperk, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balloon kyphoplasty; Intravertebral vacuum phenomenon; K mmell disease; Osteonecrosis of the vertebral body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE CANCER; BONE INFECTION; BONE NECROSIS; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; KYPHOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; GASES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; OSTEONECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548058139     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0684-0     Document Type: Article

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