Can vertebroplasty still be responsibly used for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures?: Results of two randomized placebo-controlled trials;Kann die Vertebroplastie zur Behandlung Osteoporotischer Wirbelkörperfrakturen Noch Verantwortet Werden?: Ergebnisse Zweier Randomisierter Placebokontrollierter Studien

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Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Bocker W ^a   Schieker, M ^a   Stengel, D ^b   Birkenmaier, C ^a   Huber Wagner, S ^a   Rueger, J ^c   Mutschler, W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 77149175422     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-009-1738-3     Document Type: Article

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