Clinical utility of vertebroplasty: Need for better evidence

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 669-674

  Baerlocher, Mark Otto ^a   Munk, Peter L ^b   Liu, David M ^b,c   Tomlinson, George ^a   Badii, Maziar ^b   Kee, Stephen T ^c   Loh, Chris T ^c   Hardy, Brian W ^d   Murphy, Kieran J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; NOTE; PAIN; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PLACEBOS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 77952690523     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10092107     Document Type: Note

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