Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 164-170 , July 2007

Complications of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty

  • Yin C. Hu, MD
    • ,
  • David J. Hart, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: David J. Hart, MD, The Neurological Institute, Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.05.010

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 164-170 , July 2007

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