Complications of percutaneous vertebroplasty and their prevention

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 493-505

  Laredo, Jean Denis ^a   Hamze, B ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Spine, fractures; Spine, metastatic disease; Spine, vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAVASATION; FAT EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE CEMENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 4544348317     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-004-0776-8     Document Type: Review

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