Vertebroplasty: Benefits are more than risks in selected and evidence-based informed patients. A retrospective study of 59 cases

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1265-1271

  Brodano, Giovanni Barbanti ^a   Amendola, Luca ^a   Martikos, Konstantinos ^a   Bettuzzi, Camilla ^a   Boriani, Luca ^a   Gasbarrini, Alessandro ^a   Bandiera, Stefano ^a   Terzi, Silvia ^a   Greggi, Tiziana ^a   Boriani, Stefano ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Pain; Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Quality of life; Vertebral compression fractures

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SECONDARY OSTEOPOROSIS; SENILE OSTEOPOROSIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 83255162007     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1705-x     Document Type: Article

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