Quality of life results of balloon kyphoplasty versus non surgical management for osteoporotic vertebral fractures in Germany

Health Economics Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Eidt Koch, Daniela ^a   Greiner, Wolfgang ^b  

^a OSTFALIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balloon kyphoplasty; Germany; Osteoporosis; Quality of life; Vertebral compression fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQ 5D QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84971254841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-1-7     Document Type: Article

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