Pulmonary embolism caused by polymethylmethacrylate during percutaneous vertebroplasty in orthopaedic surgery.

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Pulmonary embolism caused by polymethylmethacrylate during percutaneous vertebroplasty in orthopaedic surgery. / Freitag, Marc; Gottschalk, André; Schuster, Martin; Wenk, W; Wiesner, L; Standl, Thomas.

In: ACTA ANAESTH SCAND, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2, 2006, p. 248-251.

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Freitag M, Gottschalk A, Schuster M, Wenk W, Wiesner L, Standl T. Pulmonary embolism caused by polymethylmethacrylate during percutaneous vertebroplasty in orthopaedic surgery. ACTA ANAESTH SCAND. 2006;50(2):248-251. 2.

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@article{71357dc1328844bcbb7f7555b7468343,
title = "Pulmonary embolism caused by polymethylmethacrylate during percutaneous vertebroplasty in orthopaedic surgery.",
abstract = "Vertebroplasty consists of percutaneous injection of acrylic cement--polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)--into a partially collapsed vertebral body in order to obtain pain relief and augment mechanical stability of the vertebral body. Although vertebroplasty is an efficient treatment it is not free of complications. Our present case report describes a woman with pulmonary polymethylmethacrylate embolism during percutaneous vertebroplasty who presented with hypotension, arrhythmia and hypocapnia.",
author = "Marc Freitag and Andr{\'e} Gottschalk and Martin Schuster and W Wenk and L Wiesner and Thomas Standl",
year = "2006",
language = "Deutsch",
volume = "50",
pages = "248--251",
journal = "ACTA ANAESTH SCAND",
issn = "0001-5172",
publisher = "Blackwell Munksgaard",
number = "2",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Pulmonary embolism caused by polymethylmethacrylate during percutaneous vertebroplasty in orthopaedic surgery.

AU - Freitag, Marc

AU - Gottschalk, André

AU - Schuster, Martin

AU - Wenk, W

AU - Wiesner, L

AU - Standl, Thomas

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - Vertebroplasty consists of percutaneous injection of acrylic cement--polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)--into a partially collapsed vertebral body in order to obtain pain relief and augment mechanical stability of the vertebral body. Although vertebroplasty is an efficient treatment it is not free of complications. Our present case report describes a woman with pulmonary polymethylmethacrylate embolism during percutaneous vertebroplasty who presented with hypotension, arrhythmia and hypocapnia.

AB - Vertebroplasty consists of percutaneous injection of acrylic cement--polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)--into a partially collapsed vertebral body in order to obtain pain relief and augment mechanical stability of the vertebral body. Although vertebroplasty is an efficient treatment it is not free of complications. Our present case report describes a woman with pulmonary polymethylmethacrylate embolism during percutaneous vertebroplasty who presented with hypotension, arrhythmia and hypocapnia.

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

VL - 50

SP - 248

EP - 251

JO - ACTA ANAESTH SCAND

JF - ACTA ANAESTH SCAND

SN - 0001-5172

IS - 2

M1 - 2

ER -