Open AccessThe Relationship between Perivertebral Venous Cement Embolism and Balloon Expansion Pressure in Balloon Kyphoplasty
Author(s) -
Yusuke Tabata,
Shusuke Matsui,
Masabumi Miyamoto,
Takao Nakajima,
Tokifumi Majima
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jma journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2433-3298
pISSN - 2433-328X
DOI - 10.31662/jmaj.2021-0065
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , bone cement , surgery , balloon , pulmonary embolism , embolism , radiology , cement , archaeology , history
Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) are common fractures in the elderly suffering osteoporosis. Most patients have bone fusion with deformity of vertebral collapse; however, some patients suffer nonunion and persistent pain at the fracture site. Due to the limitations of conservative treatment, balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) has been recently performed for OVCFs. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between cement embolization and balloon expansion pressure (BEP) in patients who underwent BKP.