Percutaneous vertebroplasty for painful compression fractures in a small cohort of patients with a decreased expectation-related placebo effect due to dementia

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1461-1464

  Lehman, V T ^a   Gray, L A ^a   Kallmes, David F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 51649090676     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1173     Document Type: Article

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