Perforation of the right cardiac ventricular wall by polymethylmethacrylate after lumbar kyphoplasty: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-491

  Farahvar, Arash ^a   Dubensky, Deborah ^a   Bakos, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac wall; Complication; Kyphoplasty; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TROPONIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICULAR WALL PERFORATION; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LUNG EMBOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BONE CEMENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 70349649736     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.5.SPINE08517     Document Type: Article

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