Balancing science and informed choice in decisions about vertebroplasty

N Engl J Med. 2009 Aug 6;361(6):619-21. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe0905889.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Back Pain / therapy
  • Bone Cements
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Medicare
  • Osteoporosis / complications*
  • Placebo Effect
  • Polymethacrylic Acids
  • Spinal Fractures / etiology
  • Spinal Fractures / therapy*
  • Treatment Failure
  • United States
  • Vertebroplasty* / adverse effects
  • Vertebroplasty* / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Bone Cements
  • Polymethacrylic Acids
  • polymethacrylic acid