Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimal invasive procedure that is applied for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. During vertebroplasty, the leakage of bone cement outside the vertebral body leads to pulmonary cement embolism, which is a serious complication of this procedure. Here...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Toru, Ümran, Coşkun, Tuba, Acat, Murat, Onaran, Hilal, Gül, Şule, Çetinkaya, Erdoğan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4279129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25580343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/851573
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Sumario:Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimal invasive procedure that is applied for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. During vertebroplasty, the leakage of bone cement outside the vertebral body leads to pulmonary cement embolism, which is a serious complication of this procedure. Here we report a 48-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital with dyspnea after percutaneous vertebroplasty and diagnosed as pulmonary cement embolism.

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