Vertebroplasty for acute osteoporotic fractures - Position statement from the Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Clark, William A ^a   Burnes, James P ^a   Lyon, Stuart M ^a  

^a Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; PLACEBO;

ACUTE OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; BONE STRENGTH; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; REVIEW; TRABECULAR BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 79952610501     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02237.x     Document Type: Review

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