Balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of acute vertebral compression fractures: 2-year results from a randomized trial

Boonen, Steven; Van Meirhaeghe, Jan; Bastian, L.; R. Cummings, Steven; Ranstam, Jonas; B. Tillman, John; Eastell, Richard; Talmadge, Karen; Wardlaw, Douglas

doi:10.1002/jbmr.364

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Balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of acute vertebral compression fractures: 2-year results from a randomized trial

Published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research • Feb 17, 2011

Authors:

Steven Boonen

Jan Van Meirhaeghe

L. Bastian

Abstract

Vertebral fractures are often painful and lead to reduced quality of life and disability. We compared the efficacy and safety of balloon kyphoplasty to nonsurgical therapy over 24 months in patients with acute painful fractures. Adults with one to three vertebral fractures were randomized within 3 m...

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Medicine

Randomized controlled trial

Confidence interval

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