Have recent vertebroplasty trials changed the indications for vertebroplasty?
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Date publication
août 2010
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Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr GANGI Afshin
Tous les auteurs :
Gangi A, Clark WA
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Résumé
Two different investigators in the New England Journal of Medicine recently published two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding the efficacy of vertebroplasty for painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. In their results, both investigators concluded that there was no significant difference in pain relief between the vertebroplasty group and control group 1 month after treatment. The trials described a different patient cohort from the one we treat with vertebroplasty. Both enrolled patients had back pain for 4 years for completion. We advise that vertebroplasty be offered to patients with recent fractures
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2010 Aug;33(4):677-80