Unilateral versus bilateral kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 393-395, Issue , 2012, Pages 1064-1068

  Zhang, Bin ^a   Dai, Min ^a   Tang, Yamin ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Kyphoplasty; Osteoporosis; Outcome; Unilateral; Vertebral compression fracture (VCF)

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL; KYPHOPLASTY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME; UNILATERAL; VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FRACTURE;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84455207382     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.393-395.1064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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