Vertebral augmentation vs nonsurgical therapy: improved symptoms, improved survival, or neither?

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Douglas C Bauer. JAMA Intern Med. 2013.

. 2013 Sep 9;173(16):1522-3.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6760.

¹ Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco.

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Vertebral augmentation for symptomatic compression fractures is supported by randomized clinical trials.
Levy JR, Beall DP. Levy JR, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Feb 1;174(2):307. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13035. JAMA Intern Med. 2014. PMID: 24493616 No abstract available.
Vertebral augmentation for symptomatic compression fractures is supported by randomized clinical trials--reply.
Bauer DC. Bauer DC. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Feb 1;174(2):307-8. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13024. JAMA Intern Med. 2014. PMID: 24493617 No abstract available.

Major medical outcomes with spinal augmentation vs conservative therapy.
McCullough BJ, Comstock BA, Deyo RA, Kreuter W, Jarvik JG. McCullough BJ, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Sep 9;173(16):1514-21. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.8725. JAMA Intern Med. 2013. PMID: 23836009 Free PMC article.