"Vertebroplasty" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Procedures to repair or stabilize vertebral fractures, especially compression fractures accomplished by injecting BONE CEMENTS into the fractured VERTEBRAE.
| Descriptor ID |
D054854
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.718.275.500 E04.555.165.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vertebroplasty" by people in Profiles.
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Vertebral compression fractures. J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 May; 14(5):555-9; discussion 559-60.
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Cadaveric evaluation of minimally invasive posterolateral thoracic corpectomy: a comparison of 3 approaches. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2009 Oct; 22(7):524-9.
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Percutaneous vertebroplasty. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2009 Jul; 20(3):341-59.
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Percutaneous treatment of vertebral compression fractures: a meta-analysis of complications. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 May 15; 34(11):1228-32.
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Vertebroplasty comparing injectable calcium phosphate cement compared with polymethylmethacrylate in a unique canine vertebral body large defect model. Spine J. 2008 May-Jun; 8(3):482-7.
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Minimally invasive thoracolumbar costotransversectomy and corpectomy via a dual-tube technique: evaluation in a cadaver model. Surg Technol Int. 2007; 16:221-5.