Vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fracture

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7656, 2008, Pages 1261-1262

  Lambert, Robert G W ^a   Golmohammadi, Kamran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BACKACHE; CANADA; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONSENSUS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS; NORTH AMERICA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 45249089210     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a178     Document Type: Editorial

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