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Can Meta-Analysis Save Vertebroplasty?

Last February, I was asked to testify in front of the California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF), a public service forum composed of numerous California physicians and health experts who assess new and emerging medical technology, on behalf of DePuy Spine regarding vertebroplasty as a treatment

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