Current status of percutaneous vertebroplasty and percutaneous kyphoplasty – a review

Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) and kyphoplasty (PK) are the 2 vertebral augmentation procedures that have emerged as minimally invasive surgical options to treat painful vertebral compression fractures (VCF) during the last 2 decades. VCF may either be osteoporotic or tumor-associated. Two hundred...

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Main Authors: Yimin, Yang, Zhiwei, Ren, Wei, Ma, Jha, Rajiv
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3795017/