The use of advanced imaging and representation of Workers compensation in vertebral augmentation: A single-center comparison with the INVEST trial

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Saxena, Akriti P ^a   Hirsch, Ariel E ^b   Yoo, Albert J ^c   Gilligan, Christopher ^c   Hirsch, Joshua A ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Kyphoplasty; Pain management; Spinal fractures therapy; Treatment outcome; Vertebroplasty methods

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AGED; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE CEMENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERTEBROPLASTY; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84880640545     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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