Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 136-143 , February 2009

Prophylactic Vertebroplasty: Cement Injection into Non-fractured Vertebral Bodies During Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Presented in abstract form at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, November 27, 2006, Chicago, IL.

  • Nobuo Kobayashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Akashi-cho 9-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560 Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: N.K.
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  • Yuji Numaguchi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Akashi-cho 9-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560 Japan
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  • Sokun Fuwa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Akashi-cho 9-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560 Japan
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  • Akihiro Uemura, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Akashi-cho 9-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560 Japan
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  • Masaki Matsusako, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Akashi-cho 9-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560 Japan
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  • Yuka Okajima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Akashi-cho 9-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560 Japan
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  • Mitsutomi Ishiyama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Akashi-cho 9-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560 Japan
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  • Osamu Takahashi, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal MedicineSt. Luke's International Hospital, Akashi-cho 9-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560 Japan

Received 31 March 2008 ,Accepted 3 May 2008.

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PII: S1076-6332(08)00283-3

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.05.005

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 136-143 , February 2009

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