Unwarranted regional variation in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in Switzerland: A population-based small area variation analysis

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous vertebroplasty (VP) and balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) for treating painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures are controversial. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the regional variation in the use of VP/BKP in Switzerland. METHODS: We conducted a population-based small area variation analysi...

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Autores principales: Scheuter, Claudia, Wertli, Maria M., Haynes, Alan G., Panczak, Radoslaw, Chiolero, Arnaud, Perrier, Arnaud, Rodondi, Nicolas, Aujesky, Drahomir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30532141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208578

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30532141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208578

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