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KMID : 1007020130110030136
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Korean Soceity of Osteroporosis
2013 Volume.11 No. 3 p.136 ~ p.139
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Asymptomatic Pulmonary Embolus Following Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
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Kim Che-Keun
Chae Soo-Uk
Kim Jong-Yun
Kim Gang-Deuk
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Abstract
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Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a relatively recent procedure in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Bone cement embolism is a severe and potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty with cement. The risk for cement pulmonary embolism ranges between 3.5 and 23% for osteoporotic fractures. Bone cement leakage may be usually more frequent with vertebroplasty than with kyphoplasty. We experienced a 69-year-old female patient of an asymptomatic pulmonary embolus (length 8 cm) after kyphoplasty for an osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.
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KEYWORD
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Osteoporotic compression fracture, Pulmonary embolus, Kyphoplasty
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