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Revision Date: 12.04.15 Rev None

  1. Orthopedic Clinics of North America, Volume 35, Issue I, Pages 1-5 S. Pai, L. Sundaram
  2. 2007 North American Spine Society Back Pain in America survey conducted by Pulse Opinion Research for the North American Spine Society (NASS).
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  5. Kochan, J. "Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty, Percutaneous." eMedicine. Apr 23, 2009.http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/423209-overview. Accessed Sept 1, 2009.
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  7. Passias PG, Li Gang, Wood, KB. SRS Position Paper: The Results of Vertebral Augmentation Procedures Department of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Sept. 8, 2008.
  8. Siemionow K, Lieberman IH. Vertebral Augmentation in Osteoporotic and Osteolytic Fractures. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2009 Sep;3(3):219-25.
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  10. Jensen ME, McGraw JK, Cardella JF, Hirsch JA. Position statement on percutaneous vertebral augmentation: A consensus statement developed by the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Society of Interventional Radiology, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and American Society of Spine Radiology. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2009; 20:S326–S331.
  11. Eck JC, Nachtigall D, Humphreys SC, Hodges SD. Comparison of vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty for treatment of vertebral compression fractures: a meta-analysis of the literature. Spine J. 2008 May-Jun;8(3):488-97.