Paradoxical cerebral embolism of cement occurred in a 78-year-old woman after cement-assisted transpedicular spinal fixation surgery. Multiple pulmonary emboli of polymethylmethacrylate precipitated pulmonary hypertension and right-to-left shunting into the systemic circulation through a patent foramen ovale. This rare complication occurred because of failure to recognize venous migration of ce...

AIMS To develop a Glass Polyalkenoate Cement that is suitable for vertebroplasty. METHODS Testing was carried out to assess the effect of gamma irradiation used for sterilisation, on the glass transition temperature as well as its mechanical properties, including compressive strength and biflexural strength in vivo as well as testing GPC and PMMA cements post injection in cadaveric human vert...

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are 2 minimally invasive spine augmentation procedures currently used in the management of vertebral compression fractures. Our aim was to examine the NIS data base to identify trends in spine augmentation procedures over time. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were identified from the NIS data base by using primary diagnosis codes (ICD-9-pat...

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Abstract Study design Retrospective single-center cohort study. Background The spine is the most common anatomic site for osteoporotic fractures. Osteoporotic vertebral fractures play an increasingly important role in geriatric patients and percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) constitutes a treatment option. aim of this study was to evaluate safety efficacy PVP with cardiovascular comorbidities at...

BACKGROUND In nearly 30% of patients with myeloma, pathological fractures are found to occur in the spine. If the patients are not treated promptly and satisfactorily, the quality of their lives diminishes. Currently, the standard treatment for metastatic lesions of the spine is radiotherapy, but surgical intervention is becoming more frequent. It is very important to quickly identify metastase...