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Erschienen in: European Spine Journal 9/2009

01.09.2009 | Editorial

Vertebroplasty: about sense and nonsense of uncontrolled “controlled randomized prospective trials”

verfasst von: Max Aebi

Erschienen in: European Spine Journal | Ausgabe 9/2009

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On 6 August 2009, a paper has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which claims to prove that vertebroplasty is not effective [1]. This paper has drawn an attention worldwide, which is only rarely given to issues of musculoskeletal system medicine. The New York Times and almost all major international dailies have reported this work. Dr. Buchbinder, the Australian main author of the mentioned paper has been cited in the New York Times from 7 August 2009 with the strong sentence “that she would never undergo such an intervention”. This is like a religious confession, and I do not get rid of the suspicion that this confession was there before the study, and the presented work has now proven it. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Vertebroplasty: about sense and nonsense of uncontrolled “controlled randomized prospective trials”
verfasst von
Max Aebi
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2009
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
European Spine Journal / Ausgabe 9/2009
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-009-1164-9

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