Percutaneous vertebroplasty and percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures: A systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1-289

  Stevenson, Matt ^a   Gomersall, Tim ^a   Jones, Myfanwy Lloyd ^a   Rawdin, Andrew ^a   Hernández, Monica ^a   Dias, Sofia ^b   Wilson, David ^c   Rees, Angie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFORMITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KYPHOPLASTY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; BACK PAIN; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPINAL FRACTURES;

BONE CEMENT;

BACK PAIN; BONE CEMENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; KYPHOPLASTY; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84897463356     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta18170     Document Type: Article

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