TY - JOUR
T1 - The controversy over vertebroplasty
T2 - an analysis of the debate and proposals for a way forward
AU - Johnson, Jane
AU - Rogers, Wendy
AU - Jeffree, Rosalind L.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Summary This paper examines the ongoing and often heated debate about the merits or otherwise of percutaneous vertebroplasty as a treatment for painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures. In spite of the proliferation of research on this topic there is no agreement over its indications, safety or efficacy. We discuss the ethical issues which arise when new medical interventions such as vertebroplasty are introduced and make suggestions of relevance not just to the case of vertebroplasty, but to the introduction of innovative procedures generally.
AB - Summary This paper examines the ongoing and often heated debate about the merits or otherwise of percutaneous vertebroplasty as a treatment for painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures. In spite of the proliferation of research on this topic there is no agreement over its indications, safety or efficacy. We discuss the ethical issues which arise when new medical interventions such as vertebroplasty are introduced and make suggestions of relevance not just to the case of vertebroplasty, but to the introduction of innovative procedures generally.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02409.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02409.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22883654
AN - SCOPUS:84865017336
SN - 1754-9477
VL - 56
SP - 449
EP - 451
JO - Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
JF - Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
IS - 4
ER -