Pulmonary cement embolism after augmentation of pedicle screws with bone cement

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-273

  Röllinghoff, Marc ^a   Siewe, Jan ^a   Eysel, Peer ^a   Delank, Karl Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Cement; Pedicle screw; Pulmonary artery embolism; Spine

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL FIXATOR; LUNG EMBOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; BONE CEMENTS; BONE SCREWS; CEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 77952392987     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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