Journal article
Cement venogram as a harbinger of methacrylate embolism after kyphoplasty: A case series
SAGE open medical case reports, Vol.9, p.2050313
08/2021
DOI: 10.1177/2050313X211041239
PMCID: PMC8385596
PMID: 34457304
Abstract
Vertebral compression fractures remain an important cause of pain and debility. Intractable pain may be approached with vertebral kyphoplasty. We herein present a case of symptomatic pulmonary cement embolism following kyphoplasty. Discovery of a paravertebral cement venogram at the time of this procedure prompted a case series review of our institutional experience with kyphoplasty. We found that cement embolization, whether symptomatic or discovered incidentally, was universally associated with a cement venogram at the site of vertebroplasty. We propose that a cement venogram be viewed as a harbinger of cement pulmonary embolism and this possibility be considered in patients with an existing intracardiac shunt or who present with new respiratory symptoms soon after kyphoplasty.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cement venogram as a harbinger of methacrylate embolism after kyphoplasty: A case series
- Creators
- Peter J Szachowicz - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineThomas J Gross - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- SAGE open medical case reports, Vol.9, p.2050313
- DOI
- 10.1177/2050313X211041239
- PMID
- 34457304
- PMCID
- PMC8385596
- NLM abbreviation
- SAGE Open Med Case Rep
- ISSN
- 2050-313X
- eISSN
- 2050-313X
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2021
- Academic Unit
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359955602771
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