Vertebroplasty: when randomized placebo-controlled trial results clash with common belief
Received 22 December 2009; accepted 5 January 2010.
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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) Abstract |
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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).
aMonash 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
bDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
Corresponding 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.
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).
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