We present the case of a 63-year-old woman who suffered a cement pulmonary embolus that resulted from methylmethacrylate extravasation into the paravertebral venous plexus during percutaneous vertebroplasty. We discuss the radiographic diagnosis and strategies for prevention and treatment.

* Paper read to the Heberden Society on April 3, 1965. multiple joint pains, responding only to large doses of salicylate and temporarily only to phenylbutazone. Spa treatment at Droitwich and Bath was helpful. After gold treatment he developed a rash on the legs which was treated with British anti-lewisite and cortisone, and showed improvement from May to November, 1955, after which his condit...

Two cases of tuberculosis of the thoracic spine with extrapleural extension of paravertebral abscesses, presenting radiologically as cold abscesses away from the spine in the PA chest radiograph, are presented. The radiographic features and response to antitubercular drugs are discussed.

Objectives. The aim of this study was to compare postoperative pain and respiratory functions of lobectomy patients who were given bupivacaine or levobupivacaine with fentanyl through a paravertebral catheter. Methods. ASA I-II patients (n=40, 18-65 years old) randomized into two groups. While Group B was administered 0.25% bupivacaine with fentanyl, Group L was administered 0.25% levobupivacai...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study aimed at validating a scale to quantify the intensity of paravertebral muscle contraction during lumbar punctures, to be used in further studies on the effects of local anesthetic infiltration. METHODS This study involved 31 physicians, from two different Anesthesiology training centers located in two Brazilian cities, 12 of which were from institution 1 a...

Research in spine surgery has proposed new soft and less invasive techniques. These are the results of our experience with oxygen-ozone therapy, which we could experiment within the Italian National Health System over 3 years. A total of 1,920 patients were admitted on the basis of unselected enrolment because of lumbosciatic pain. Patients were divided into three groups: (A) Patients with dege...

Sympathetic preganglionic axons project to spatially distinct targets in the periphery. A precise topographic pattern exists within the thoracic preganglionic cell column relative to the direction of axonal projections within the sympathetic chain. In this study, the time course and pattern of axonal outgrowth from different populations of preganglionic neurons in the chicken embryo is examined...

In this article along with the brief review of the Radiologic signs of tuberculosis of the bones and joints there is emphasis on the out­standing sign's of the patients which we have seen in Iran. Tuberculosis of the vertebral column and specially paravertebral abscess is discussed. The prevalent signs of the disea·se in other bones and -joints are mentioned and different manifestations of tube...

background and aim: in vitro studies have revealed a direct association between resin content and cytotoxicity of resin composites; but implantation studies in this regard are sparse. this study investigates the relationship between filler content of composite resins and biocompatibility. materials and methods: this study was conducted using 18 male wistar rats (180-200g), 1 nano-hybrid (prime-...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE "Gossypiboma" is a term used to describe a mass within the body that comprises a cotton matrix surrounded by a foreign-body reaction, which is extremely rare after spinal surgery. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical and MR imaging features of gossypibomas in the paravertebral area of 7 patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between October 1999 and December ...