Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: A disabling and expensive disease of our century. A minimally invasive surgical technique to reduce the pain, the hospitalization, and restore the function

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1473-1477

  Barbanti Brodano G ^a   Colangeli, S ^a   Babbi, L ^a   Gasbarrini, A ^a   Bandiera, S ^a   Terzi, S ^a   Griffoni, C ^a   Di Fiore, M ^a   Boriani, L ^a   Corghi, A ^a   Boriani, S ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgical technique; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONVALESCENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; NERVE ENDING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84857001970     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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