Number Needed to Treat with Vertebral Augmentation to Save a Life.

Joshua A Hirsch Ronil V Chandra N S Carter Douglas P Beall Michael Frohbergh Kevin L Ong

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2019)

Both augmentation modalities conferred a prominent mortality benefit over nonsurgical management in this analysis of the US Medicare registry, with a low number needed to treat. The calculations based on this data base resulted in a low number needed to treat to save 1 life at 1 year and at 5 years.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
molecular dynamics
electronic health record
density functional theory
molecular dynamics simulations
risk factors
coronary artery disease
body composition
artificial intelligence
monte carlo