Vertebroplasty for acute painful osteoporotic fracture

Bird, Paul; Diamond, Terrence; Clark, William A

doi:10.5694/mja16.01423

Topics

Anesthesia, analgesia and pain

Musculoskeletal diseases

Surgical procedures, operative

A recent trial provides high quality new evidence

1 St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW
2 St George Private Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Correspondence: PBird@optimusresearch.com.au

Acknowledgements:

The VAPOUR trial is a clinician-initiated trial which was funded by an unrestricted educational grant from CareFusion Corporation. CareFusion Corporation had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or writing of the report.

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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