Asymptomatic Pulmonary Embolus Following Percutaneous Kyphoplasty: A Case Report / 대한골다공증학회지
Journal of Korean Society of Osteoporosis
;
: 136-139, 2013.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-760811
ABSTRACT
Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a relatively recent procedure in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Bone cement embolism is a severe and potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty with cement. The risk for cement pulmonary embolism ranges between 3.5 and 23% for osteoporotic fractures. Bone cement leakage may be usually more frequent with vertebroplasty than with kyphoplasty. We experienced a 69-year-old female patient of an asymptomatic pulmonary embolus (length 8 cm) after kyphoplasty for an osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture
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Main subject:
Pulmonary Embolism
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Embolism
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Fractures, Compression
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Vertebroplasty
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Osteoporotic Fractures
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Kyphoplasty
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Society of Osteoporosis
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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