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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Retained needle after cement injection during vertebral augmentation and its management strategy.

Angelika Kosse, Jonathan Pishoi Nakhla, Reza Yassari, Apolonia Elisabeth Abramowicz, Allan Brook

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Angelika KosseDepartment of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
Jonathan Pishoi NakhlaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
Reza YassariDepartment of Neurosurgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Apolonia Elisabeth AbramowiczBronx, USA.
Allan BrookMontefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
Montefiore Medical Center · USNeurological Surgery · USThe Bronx Defenders · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A middle aged patient with multiple myeloma resulting in numerous pathological fractures underwent an L2, L3, and L5 vertebral cement augmentation for pain relief. After injection, the trocar at L2, the final level, could not be withdrawn despite several attempts of needle rotation, a second needle inserted to distract on, and rocking the needle on the pedicle. After a neurosurgical consultation, the patient was transferred to the operating room for open removal. As the needle protruded approximately 3 inches from the patient's back, the patient could not be positioned supine, and was anesthetized and intubated in the right semi-prone position prior to being placed prone on the operating room table. The needle was surgically exposed, cut off at the pedicular bone edge, and its free component was removed.

Indexed as

Bone CementsForeign BodiesInjectionsNeedlesVertebroplastyHumansLumbar VertebraeMiddle AgedSpinal FracturesBone CementsComplicationDegenerativeInterventionLumbosacralTechnique

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PMID26891698
PMCPMC5483563
OpenAlexW2278855799

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