Delayed presentation of pulmonary polymethylmethacrylate emboli after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Abdul Jalil, Youssef ^a   Bartels, Joerg ^a   Alberti, Olaf ^a   Becker, Ralf ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Polymethylmethacrylate; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BONE CEMENTS; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548673300     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31814b84ba     Document Type: Article

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