Have recent vertebroplasty trials changed the indications for vertebroplasty?

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 677-680

  Gangi, Afshin ^a   Clark, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b St George Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Vertebral compression fracture; Vertebroplasty; Vertebroplasty trials

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BACKACHE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BACK PAIN; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 77956186619     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-9901-3     Document Type: Note

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