Vertebral compression fractures: A review of current management and multimodal therapy

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-214

  Wong, Cyrus C ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracing; Kyphoplasty; Osteoporosis; Vertebral compression fractures; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT PARATHYROID HORMONE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BONE DENSITY; BRACE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE;

EID: 84879176163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S31659     Document Type: Review

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