Risk factors of neurological deficit and pulmonary cement embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty.

Ming-Kai HsiehFu-Cheng KaoPing-Yeh ChiuLih-Huei ChenChia-Wei YuChi-Chien NiuPo-Liang LaiTsung-Ting Tsai

Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2019)

Cement leakage is relatively common but mostly of no clinical significance. Percutaneous vertebroplasty in thoracic spine and high amount of PMMA injected should be treated with caution in clinical practice.

Keyphrases

risk factors
clinical practice
minimally invasive
ultrasound guided
radiofrequency ablation
pulmonary hypertension
spinal cord
brain injury
subarachnoid hemorrhage