The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 241-243, March 2010

Vertebroplasty: when randomized placebo-controlled trial results clash with common belief

  • Rachelle Buchbinder, MBBS(Hons), MSc, PhD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital, and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3144, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Suite 41, Cabrini Medical Centre, 183 Wattletree Road, Malvern, Victoria 3144, Australia. Tel: (61) 3-95094445; Fax: (61) 3-395081653.
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  • David F. Kallmes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

Received 22 December 2009; accepted 5 January 2010.

COMMENTARY ON: Bono C, Heggeness M, Mick C, et al. North American Spine Society: Newly released vertebroplasty randomized controlled trials: a tale of two trials. Spine J 2010;10:238-240 (in this issue).

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: RB (other relationships, Cook Australia Pty Ltd); DFK (consulting, Skeltex, Inc., Bone Support, Inc., research support, Stryker, Cook, Parallax, Cardinal Health).

PII: S1529-9430(10)00012-4

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2010.01.001

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  • North American Spine Society: Newly released vertebroplasty randomized controlled trials: a tale of two trials , 12 October 2009

    Christopher M. Bono, Michael Heggeness, Charles Mick, Daniel Resnick, William C. Watters
    The Spine Journal March 2010 (Vol. 10, Issue 3, Pages 238-240)

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 241-243, March 2010

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