Vertebral Augmentation with a Flexible Curved Needle: Preliminary Results in 17 Consecutive Patients

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1785-1789

  Brook, Allan L ^a   Miller, Todd S ^a   Fast, Avital ^a   Nolan, Timothy ^b   Farinhas, Joaquim ^c   Shifteh, Keivan ^c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Albert Einstein College of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; NITINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOYS; BACK PAIN; BONE CEMENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 56349111900     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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