Consternation and questions about two vertebroplasty trials

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-16

  Bolster, Marcy B ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Rheumatology Training Program   (United States)

^c Musculoskeletal Institute   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FRACTURE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 74049093095     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.77a.09161     Document Type: Note

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