The safety and effectiveness of a curved needle for vertebral augmentation: Comparison with traditional techniques

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1548-1553

  Saxena, Akriti ^b   Hakimelahi, Reza ^a   Jha, Ruchira M ^a   Hirsch, Ariel E ^a   Growney, Marion ^a   Yoo, Albert J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; BOSTON; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEEDLES; PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 77957800518     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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