Vertebroplasty, cognitive dissonance, and evidence-based medicine: What do we do when the 'evidence' says we are wrong?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-11

  Douglas Orr, R ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NOTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FRACTURE;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 74049105511     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.77a.09146     Document Type: Note

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