Impact of negative clinical trial results for vertebroplasty on vertebral augmentation procedure rates

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 525-533.e1

  Smieliauskas, Fabrice ^a   Lam, Sandi ^b   Howard, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAOS; Abbreviations and Acronyms; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; CPT; Current Procedural Terminology; ICD 9; International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision; VAP; VCF; vertebral augmentation procedure; vertebral compression fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIST; KYPHOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPINE FRACTURE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; PUBLISHING; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTILIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; KYPHOPLASTY; MALE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84906794281     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.03.047     Document Type: Article

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