Fat embolism syndrome following percutaneous vertebroplasty: A case report

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ahmadzai, Hasib ^a,b   Campbell, Scott ^a,b   Archis, Constantine ^a,b   Clark, William A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c St George Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fat embolism; Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Polymethylmethacrylate; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOPIDOGREL; COLECALCIFEROL; FOSINOPRIL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL;

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RIGOR; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX PAIN; WHITE MATTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EMBOLISM, FAT; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

AGED; EMBOLISM, FAT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84896904280     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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