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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Main Authors: Ümran Toru, Tuba Coşkun, Murat Acat, Hilal Onaran, Şule Gül, Erdoğan Çetinkaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/851573
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-babfd99b04594ef29a5db95838868ccb2025-02-03T00:59:33ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542014-01-01201410.1155/2014/851573851573Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous VertebroplastyÜmran Toru0Tuba Coşkun1Murat Acat2Hilal Onaran3Şule Gül4Erdoğan Çetinkaya5Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupınar University, 43100 Kütahya, TurkeyDepartment of Chest Diseases, İstanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, 34381 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Karabük University, 78100 Karabük, TurkeyDepartment of Chest Diseases, Merzifon Karamustafa Paşa State Hospital, 05300 Amasya, TurkeyDepartment of Chest Diseases, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 34020 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Chest Diseases, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 34020 Istanbul, TurkeyPercutaneous 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/851573
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Şule Gül
Erdoğan Çetinkaya
Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
Case Reports in Pulmonology
title Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
title_full Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
title_fullStr Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
title_short Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
title_sort pulmonary cement embolism following percutaneous vertebroplasty
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/851573
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