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A Randomized Trial Comparing Balloon Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty for Vertebral Compression Fractures due to Osteoporosis

M. Dohm, C.M. Black, A. Dacre, J.B. Tillman and G. Fueredi on behalf of the KAVIAR investigators
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2014, 35 (12) 2227-2236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4127
M. Dohm
aFrom the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine (M.D.), Tucson, Arizona
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bUtah Valley Interventional Associates and Utah Valley Regional Medical Center (C.M.B.), Provo, Utah
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A. Dacre
cOrthoMontana (A.D.), Billings, Montana
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J.B. Tillman
dMedtronic Spine (J.B.T.), Sunnyvale, California
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eAurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington (G.F.), Burlington, Wisconsin.
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