Percutaneous treatment of insufficiency fractures: Principles, technique and review of literature

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-130

  Beall, Douglas P ^a,b   Datir, Abhijit ^c   D'Souza, Sharon L ^a   D'Souza, Logan S ^a   Gunda, Divya ^a   Morelli, John ^a   Johnson, Michael Brandon ^a   Nabavizadeh, Nima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Clinical Radiology of Oklahoma   (United States)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Kyphoplasty; Polymethylmethacrylate; Spineoplasty; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ALLOGRAFT; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; COMORBIDITY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SACRUM; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA BODY;

BONE CEMENTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949424135     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-009-0722-x     Document Type: Review

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