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Mortality and Morbidity for Operated and Nonoperated Vertebral Compression Fracture Patients in the Medicare Population

✍ Scribed by Kevin L. Ong; Av Edidin; Edmund Lau; Steven M. Kurtz


Book ID
119372746
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Weight
47 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
1529-9430

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## Abstract Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are associated with increased mortality risk, but the association between surgical treatment and survivorship is unclear. We evaluated the mortality risk for VCF patients undergoing conservative treatment (nonoperated), kyphoplasty, and vertebropla