Survey of spine surgeons on attitudes regarding osteoporosis and osteomalacia screening and treatment for fractures, fusion surgery, and pseudoarthrosis

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 537-544

  Dipaola, Christian P ^a   Bible, Jesse E ^b   Biswas, Debdut ^b   Dipaola, Matthew ^c   Grauer, Jonathan N ^b   Rechtine, Glenn R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DEXA; fracture; Osteoporosis; pseudoarthrosis; questionnaire; Spine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BONE DENSITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 67649817033     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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