MCAC Finds Data Lacking For Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty Procedures
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee panelists generally are confident in outcomes for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty but find the absence of randomized, controlled clinical data for the procedures troubling
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