Comparing pain reduction following vertebroplasty and conservative treatment for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 455-464

  Liu, Jintao ^a   Li, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Tang, Dezhi ^b   Cui, Xuejun ^b   Li, Xiaochun ^a,b   Yao, Min ^b   Yu, Penfei ^a   Qian, Xiang ^a   Wang, Yongjun ^a,b   Jiang, Hong ^a  

^a Suzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Osteoporosis; Randomized controlled trials; Systemic review; Vertebral compression fracture; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BED REST; BONE PAIN; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84880591742     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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