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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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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International Scientific Literature, Inc.
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3795017/ |