Abstract
Vertebral augmentation has been used to treat painful vertebral compression fractures and metastatic lesions in millions of patients around the world. An international group of subject matter experts have considered the evidence, including but not limited to mortality. These considerations led them to ask whether it is appropriate to allow the subjective measure of pain to so dominate the clinical decision of whether to proceed with augmentation. The discussions that ensued are related below.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 1431 |
Journal | Medicina (Lithuania) |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2022 |
Keywords
- ablation
- augmentation
- future
- kyphosis
- pain
- target
- treatment
- vertebroplasty
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine