Cement emboli

  • Benjamin Batson Department of Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
  • Mark Sigler Department of Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
Keywords: cement, vertebroplasty, pulmonary emboli, iatrogenic

Abstract

Some patients develop clinically significant iatrogenic emboli while undergoing vertebroplasty procedures.

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Wang L, Yang H, Shi Y, Jiang W, Chen L. Pulmonary cement embolism associated with percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty: a systematic review. Orthopaedic Surgery [serial online] August 2012; 4(3):182-189. Accessed December 6, 2016.

Published
2017-01-16
How to Cite
Batson, B., & Sigler, M. (2017). Cement emboli. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 5(17), 58-59. Retrieved from https://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/376