Pulmonary cement embolization after kyphoplasty: A case report and review of the literature

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Radcliff, Kristen E ^a   Reitman, Charles A ^b   Delasotta, Lawrence A ^a   Hong, Joseph ^a   Diiorio, Timothy ^a   Zaslavsky, James ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Hipp, John A ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolus; Kyphoplasty; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BONE CEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; DIURETIC THERAPY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KYPHOPLASTY; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG LOBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; BONE CEMENTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KYPHOPLASTY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 77957232494     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.07.394     Document Type: Article

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