Clinical utility of vertebroplasty: Elevating the evidence

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 675-680

  Kallmes, David F ^a   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^b   Osborne, Richard H ^d   Comstock, Bryan A ^c   Staples, Margaret P ^e   Heagerty, Patrick J ^c   Turner, Judith A ^b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^e,f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; NOTE; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FRACTURES; UNITED STATES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 77952681349     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100425     Document Type: Note

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