Effectiveness of vertebroplasty using individual patient data from two randomised placebo controlled trials: Meta-analysis

BMJ

Volumn 343, Issue 7815, 2011, Pages

  Staples, Margaret P ^a   Kallmes, David F ^b   Comstock, Bryan A ^c   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^c   Osborne, Richard H ^d   Heagerty, Patrick J ^c   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRA COMPRESSION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; BACK PAIN; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 79960296386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d3952     Document Type: Article

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