The case of vertebroplasty trials: Promoting a culture of evidence-based procedural medicine

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2023-2026

  Miller, Franklin G ^a   Kallmes, David F ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 78149282780     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ecd393     Document Type: Editorial

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