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A Randomized Trial Comparing 2 Techniques of Balloon Kyphoplasty and Curette Use for Obtaining Vertebral Body Height Restoration and Angular-Deformity Correction in Vertebral Compression Fractures due to Osteoporosis

L. Bastian, F. Schils, John B. Tillman, George A. Fueredi

American Journal of Neuroradiology · 2012 · 23 citations · 25 references

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Both techniques resulted in significant vertebral body height and pain improvement. Procedure and adverse event data demonstrated safe curette use in conjunction with balloon kyphoplasty procedures.

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