Pulmonary Polymethylmetacrylate Embolism: A Rare Complication of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Abstract

The authors present the case of a 70-year-old woman who, on the second day after surgery, developed a rare symptomatic pulmonary polymethylmetacrylate embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty performed for osteoporotic fractures of the lumbar spine.

Keywords

• complications
• polymethylmetacrylate
• pulmonary embolism
• vertebroplasty
• acrylic cement
• polymethylmethacrylate
• embolization
• kyphoplasty
• fractures
• leakage