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Vertebroplasty for vertebral fragility fractures in the ‘very elderly’: experience from a regional UK spine unit

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  1. Medical School, University of Leicester, George Davies Centre, Lancaster Rd, Leicester, UK

    A. Sahota

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    T. Ong

  3. Department for Healthcare of Older People, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK

    A. Kumar, L. Simmonds & O. Sahota

  4. The Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK

    W.W. Yoon, K. Salem & O. Sahota

  5. Division of Rehabilitation, Ageing and Wellbeing, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    O. Sahota

  6. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Nottingham, UK

    O. Sahota

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Sahota, A., Ong, T., Kumar, A. et al. Vertebroplasty for vertebral fragility fractures in the ‘very elderly’: experience from a regional UK spine unit. Osteoporos Int 32, 395–396 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05770-w

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