• Heart Lung · Sep 2012

    Case Reports

    Cement pulmonary embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: an overview.

    • Nicholas Habib, Theodore Maniatis, Sara Ahmed, Thomas Kilkenny, Homam Alkaied, Dany Elsayegh, Michel Chalhoub, and Kassem Harris.
    • Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York 10305, USA.
    • Heart Lung. 2012 Sep 1;41(5):509-11.

    BackgroundBecause of the aging of the American population, osteoporotic vertebral fractures are becoming a common problem in the elderly. Minimally invasive percutaneous vertebral augmentation techniques have gained a great deal of importance in relieving the pain associated with these fractures, and are becoming the standard of care.MethodsThese procedures involve the injection of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) into the vertebral body. However, these techniques have their complications, and among these, pulmonary embolism is one of the most feared. It is attributable to the passage of cement into the pulmonary vasculature. After encountering a case of PMMA embolism in our practice, we decided to highlight this topic and discuss the incidence, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of cement pulmonary embolisms.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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