Open AccessSuccessful surgical treatment of intracardiac bone cement embolism after vertebroplasty of the L2 vertebral body
Author(s) -
Н. И. Загородников,
И. К. Халивопуло,
А В Сотников,
Elena Ardasheva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kompleksnye problemy serdečno-sosudistyh zabolevanij
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9537
pISSN - 2306-1278
DOI - 10.17802/2306-1278-2019-8-4s-130-134
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous vertebroplasty , bone cement , surgery , complication , radiology , vertebral body , embolus , percutaneous , cement , archaeology , history
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty (PVP) is the minimally invasive radiological procedure consisting in the transdermal injection of bone cement into the damaged vertebral body. PVP performing has a high risk of complications including vascular embolism which has value from 3.5 to 30 %. There is an example of cardioembolism with bone cement as a result of PVP complication after surgical treatment of a patient with a spinal cord injury after ancar accident and the successful extraction of this embolus is given in this clinical case.The authors describe the approaches to this problem, including the diagnosis of the condition and treatment options.