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Percutaneous vertebroplasty: a developing standard of care for vertebral compression fractures.

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: Acrylic cements have been used for the augmentation of weakened or partially destroyed bones for decades [(1)][1]. The term vertebroplasty originally described an open surgical procedure that introduces bone graft or acrylic cement to mechanically augment weakened vertebral bodies.

Source: PubMed

Authors: J M Mathis, J D Barr, S M Belkoff, M S Barr, M E Jensen, H Deramond

Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Lewis Gale Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2135166552

FWCI: 27.32

Cites: 55

Cited by: 466

Related to: 20