Surgery
Reports summarize surgery study results from University of Toledo, Department of Surgery
Published in Blood Weekly, March 18th, 2010
Current study results from the report, 'Prevention of cardiopulmonary embolization of polymethylmethacrylate cement fragment after kyphoplasty with insertion of inferior vena cava filter,' have been published. "We report the case of a 51-year-old woman who underwent kyphoplasty with polymethylmethacrylate for painful compression fracture of the third lumbar vertebra. Infiltration of cement into the inferior vena cava, noted intraoperatively, was confirmed with postoperative CT scan," investigators in the United States report.
"A Greenfield filter was placed to prevent cardiopulmonary embolization of the fragment. On follow-up x-rays, the cement fragment was found to...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-03-18)
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