Immediate pain relief and improved structural stability after percutaneous vertebroplasty for a severely destructive vertebral compression fracture

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-100

  Wong, Jennifer ^a   Chow, Edward ^a   De Sa, Eric ^a   Rowsell, Corwyn ^b   Probyn, Linda ^b   Christakis, Monique ^b   Sinclair, Emily ^a   Law, Calvin ^b   Finkelstein, Joel ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

BONE CEMENTS; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PAIN; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 58849100366     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.9687     Document Type: Article

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