Chronic Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures of Thoracolumbar Spine: Percutaneous Vertebroplasty versus Conservative Management among Egyptian Patients

Background Data: Vertebral augmentation procedures are widely used today in treating acute and subacute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs). However, percutaneous vertebroplasty for patients with chronic painful OVCFs has been less well studied. Study Design: A prospective cohort st...

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Main Authors: Khaled Hassan, Mohammad El-Sharkawi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Egyptian Spine Association 2015-04-01
Series:Egyptian Spine Journal
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Online Access:http://www.esj.journals.ekb.eg/article_3951.html