Cement embolization of a segmental artery after percutaneous vertebroplasty: A potentially catastrophic vascular complication

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-362

  Matouk, Charles C ^a   Krings, T ^b   Ter Brugge, K G ^b   Smith, R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artery of Adamkiewicz; Cement embolization; Vascular complications; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEMENT EMBOLIZATION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84867297036     PISSN: 15910199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/159101991201800318     Document Type: Article

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