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Fatal Fat Embolism after Vertebroplasty:Identification of the High-Risk Patient
AJNR 27:343-345, Syed,M.I.,et al, 2006
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Article Abstract
We report a rare complication of autopsy-proven fat and bone marrow embolization following percutaneous vertebroplasty in a patient who had no evidence of cement leakage. Cement injection was done during one patient encounter, covering 3 vertebral levels by using a unipedicular approach. Patients may have complications even without polymethylmethacrylate leakage.
 
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