Vertebroplasty: Where do we go from here?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-373

  Munk, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; KYPHOPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHORT SURVEY;

HUMANS; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 79954421752     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1095-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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