National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® management of vertebral compression fractures.

Guideline Title

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® management of vertebral compression fractures.

 

Bibliographic Source(s)

Saad WE, Funaki BS, Ray CE Jr, Angevine PD, Burke CT, Fidelman N, Fries IB, Hartl R, Holly L, Kinney TB, Kostelic JK, Kouri BE, Lorenz JM, Nair AV, Nemcek AA Jr, Owens CA, Vatakencherry G, Daffner RH, Wippold FJ II, Expert Panel on Interventional Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® management of vertebral compression fractures. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2010. 7 p. [48 references]

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

full-text:
National Guideline Clearinghouse ACR Appropriateness Criteria® management of vertebral compression fractures.