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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2021

Cement venogram as a harbinger of methacrylate embolism after kyphoplasty: A case series.

Peter J Szachowicz, Thomas J Gross

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pulmonary cement embolism: a rare complication of vertebroplasty.The Journal of international medical research · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter J SzachowiczDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Thomas J GrossDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9617-6606
University of Iowa Health Care · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vertebral compression fractures remain an important cause of pain and debility. Intractable pain may be approached with vertebral kyphoplasty. We herein present a case of symptomatic pulmonary cement embolism following kyphoplasty. Discovery of a paravertebral cement venogram at the time of this procedure prompted a case series review of our institutional experience with kyphoplasty. We found that cement embolization, whether symptomatic or discovered incidentally, was universally associated with a cement venogram at the site of vertebroplasty. We propose that a cement venogram be viewed as a harbinger of cement pulmonary embolism and this possibility be considered in patients with an existing intracardiac shunt or who present with new respiratory symptoms soon after kyphoplasty.

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cement embolismKyphoplastyvertebroplasty

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PMID34457304
PMCPMC8385596
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