The role of bone scintigraphy in treatment planning, and predicting pain relief after kyphoplasty

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-253

  Karam, Maroun ^a   Lavelle, William F ^a   Cheney, Robert ^b  

^a Division of Nuclear Medicine   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Kyphoplasty; Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; X RAY FILM;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 41849137235     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3282f30598     Document Type: Article

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