Published ahead of print on June 26, 2008
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1186
Pain Relief following Vertebroplasty in Patients With and Without Localizing Tenderness on Palpation
A. Ehteshami Rada and
D.F. Kallmesa
a From the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn

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Fig 1. Graph shows increasing vertebroplasties in patients without focal-point tenderness in our center. Asterisk indicates that data are from 2007, with patients included up to the end of February; Preop, preoperative.
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Fig 2. Graph shows pain score (1–10) at rest. Asterisk indicates significant difference compared with groups 1 and 2 (P = .0001 and .001, respectively); Preop, preoperative.
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