Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for pathologic vertebral fractures in the Medicare population: safer and less expensive than open surgery.

Itagaki, Michael W

Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for pathologic vertebral fractures in the Medicare population: safer and less expensive than open surgery. [electronic resource] - Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR Nov 2012 - 1423-9 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

1535-7732

10.1016/j.jvir.2012.08.010 doi


Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bone Neoplasms--complications
Chi-Square Distribution
Comorbidity
Female
Fractures, Spontaneous--economics
Health Care Costs
Hospice Care
Hospices
Humans
Kyphoplasty--adverse effects
Length of Stay
Logistic Models
Male
Medicare--economics
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Patient Discharge
Patient Transfer
Rehabilitation Centers
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Spinal Fractures--economics
Spinal Fusion--adverse effects
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
United States
Vertebroplasty--adverse effects