Vertebroplasty for painful acute osteoporotic vertebral fractures: Recent Medical Journal of Australia editorial is not relevant to the patient group that we treat with vertebroplasty

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 334-337

  Clark, William A ^a   Diamond, Terrence H ^b   McNeil, H Patrick ^b   Gonski, Peter N ^c   Schlaphoff, Glen P ^d   Rouse, John C ^e  

^a St George Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SUTHERLAND HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESIA; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 77952363321     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03533.x     Document Type: Review

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