Meta-analysis of vertebral augmentation compared with conservative treatment for osteoporotic spinal fractures

Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2014
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This review concluded that there was strong support for cement augmentation for pain, functional difficulties, and health-related quality of life in patients with symptomatic vertebral compression fractures. The results seemed less significant in longer studies. Given the poor evidence and limited reporting of the results, these conclusions seem too strong.
Epistemonikos ID: 10a557e72967fcb92cae9763adaf9a0bd024c67f
First added on: Mar 20, 2014