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INvestigational Vertebroplasty Efficacy and Safety Trial (INVEST): a randomized controlled trial of percutaneous vertebroplasty

BACKGROUND: The treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures has historically been limited to several weeks of bed rest, anti-inflammatory and analgesic medications, calcitonin injections, or external bracing. Percutaneous vertebroplasty (the injection of bone cement into the fr...

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Autores principales: Gray, Leigh A, Jarvik, Jeffrey G, Heagerty, Patrick J, Hollingworth, William, Stout, Lydia, Comstock, Bryan A, Turner, Judith A, Kallmes, David F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2257946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18096050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-126