Thoracic and lumbar vertebroplasties performed in US medicare enrollees, 2001-2005 [8]

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1760-1762

  Gray, Darryl T ^a   Hollingworth, William ^b   Onwudiwe, Nneka ^c   Deyo, Richard A ^d   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^d  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BONE GROWTH; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LETTER; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348988597     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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