Pulmonary embolization of acrylic cement during percutaneous vertebroplasty [3]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 423-425

  Schneider, L ^a   Plit, M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC CEMENT;

ADULT; BACKACHE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34447109789     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01377.x     Document Type: Letter

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