Spinal fracture treatment raises questions.  Vertebroplasty, a widely used treatment for osteoporotic spinal fractures, may be no better than placebo.
D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications*; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D012307:Risk Factors; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty
D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate