TY - GEN AU - Wael Mahmoud Elakad AU - Ahmed Morrah , AU - Hossam Salah , TI - Balloon kyphoplasty for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture / PY - 2008/// CY - Cairo : PB - Wael Mahmoud Elakad , KW - Computed tomography KW - Standard devition KW - Vertebral body N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Osteoporosis is the epidemic of this century in the western and asian countries.vertebral compression fractures are a common and often debilitating expression of this disease.progressive loss of posture as a result of these fractures is one of the major problems related with an enormous impact UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -