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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793914903321

Titolo

Vertebral augmentation : the comprehensive guide to vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, and implant augmentation / / edited by Douglas P. Beall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Thieme, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-63853-626-0

1-68420-382-1

1-68420-016-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 282 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

617.05

Soggetti

Spine - Fractures - Surgery

Spine - Instability - Surgery

Spinal Fractures - surgery

Fractures, Compression - surgery

Vertebroplasty

Kyphoplasty

Bone Cements - therapeutic use

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) result from trauma or pathologic weakening of the bone and are associated with conditions such as osteoporosis or malignancy. Worldwide, VCFs impact one in three women and one in eight men aged 50 and older, with more than 8.9 million fractures incurred annually. Copublished by Thieme and the Society of Interventional Radiology, Vertebral Augmentation: The Comprehensive Guide to Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, and Implant Augmentation provides a practical, clinical discussion of these minimally invasive spine interventions"--