Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for pathologic vertebral fractures in the medicare population: Safer and less expensive than open surgery

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1423-1429

  Itagaki, Michael W ^a   Talenfeld, Adam D ^b   Kwan, Sharon W ^c   Brunner, Julian W M ^d   Mortell, Kelly E ^e   Brunner, Michael C ^f  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Medical Technology Policy   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^f SWEDISH COVENANT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPINE FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; KYPHOPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84867869764     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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