Cement pulmonary embolism as a consequence of vertebroplasty

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 196-197

  Harris, B ^a   Briggs, G ^a   Dennis, C ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RISEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEMENT PULMONARY EMBOLISM; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BONE CEMENTS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846955020     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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