title: Vertebral augmentation vs nonsurgical therapy: improved symptoms, improved survival, or neither?
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058498:Kyphoplasty; D008297:Male; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D054854:Vertebroplasty