Asymptomatic and Unrecognized Cement Pulmonary Embolism Commonly Occurs with Vertebroplasty

M.T. Luetmer; B.J. Bartholmai; A.E. Rad; D.F. Kallmes

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A2368

Research ArticleSpine

Asymptomatic and Unrecognized Cement Pulmonary Embolism Commonly Occurs with Vertebroplasty

M.T. Luetmer, B.J. Bartholmai, A.E. Rad and D.F. Kallmes

American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2011, 32 (4) 654-657; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2368

M.T. Luetmer

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

B.J. Bartholmai

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

A.E. Rad

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

D.F. Kallmes

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Article
Figures & Data
Info & Metrics
Responses
References
PDF

Article Information

vol. 32 no. 4 654-657

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2368

PubMed

21415145

Published By

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Print ISSN

0195-6108

Online ISSN

1936-959X

History

Received August 3, 2010
Accepted after revision September 14, 2010
Published online April 12, 2011.

Article Versions

Latest version (March 17, 2011 - 06:40).
You are viewing the most recent version of this article.

Author Information

M.T. Luetmerb,
B.J. Bartholmaia,b,
A.E. Rada,b and
D.F. Kallmesb

^aFrom the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University (B.J.B., A.E.R.), St. Joseph, Minnesota
^bDepartment of Radiology (M.T.L., B.J.B, A.E.R., D.F.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Please address correspondence to David F. Kallmes, MD, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905; e-mail: Kallmes.david{at}mayo.edu

View Full Text

Altmetrics

Cited By...

50 Citations
Google Scholar

This article has been cited by the following articles in journals that are participating in Crossref Cited-by Linking.

Complications of percutaneous vertebroplasty

Agnieszka Saracen, Zbigniew Kotwica

Medicine 2016 95 24
Intracardiac cement embolism during percutaneous vertebroplasty: incidence, risk factors and clinical management

Sarah Fadili Hassani, Evelyne Cormier, Eimad Shotar, Mehdi Drir, Jean-Philippe Spano, Laetitia Morardet, Jean-Philippe Collet, Jacques Chiras, Frédéric Clarençon

European Radiology 2019 29 2
CT fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous vertebroplasty in spinal malignancy: technical results, PMMA leakages, and complications in 202 patients

Christoph G. Trumm, Anne Pahl, Thomas K. Helmberger, Tobias F. Jakobs, Christoph J. Zech, Robert Stahl, Philipp M. Paprottka, Torleif A. Sandner, Maximilian F. Reiser, Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann

Skeletal Radiology 2012 41 11
Prevalence of extravertebral cement leakage after vertebroplasty: procedural documentation versus CT detection

Douglas J Martin, Arash Ehteshami Rad, David F Kallmes

Acta Radiologica 2012 53 5
Risk factors of neurological deficit and pulmonary cement embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Ming-Kai Hsieh, Fu-Cheng Kao, Ping-Yeh Chiu, Lih-Huei Chen, Chia-Wei Yu, Chi-Chien Niu, Po-Liang Lai, Tsung-Ting Tsai

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2019 14 1
Right Ventricular Perforation and Pulmonary Embolism With Polymethylmethacrylate Cement After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty

Igor Gosev, Luigi Nascimben, Pei-Hsiu Huang, Laura Mauri, Michael Steigner, Annette Mizuguchi, Amil M. Shah, Sari F. Aranki

Circulation 2013 127 11
Pulmonary Embolism from Cement Augmentation of the Vertebral Body

Jose Manuel Fernando Ignacio, Katrina Hannah Dizon Ignacio

Asian Spine Journal 2018 12 2
Fatal cardiac perforation and pulmonary embolism of leaked cement after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Stefano D'Errico, Sara Niballi, Diana Bonuccelli

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 2019 63
Cement pulmonary embolism as a complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty in cancer patients

Asem Mansour, Nayef Abdel-Razeq, Hussein Abuali, Mohammad Makoseh, Nouran Shaikh-Salem, Kamelah Abushalha, Samer Salah

Cancer Imaging 2018 18 1
Recommendations from the ICM-VTE: General

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2022 104 Suppl 1
Risk factors for pulmonary cement embolism associated with percutaneous vertebral augmentation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Hai-Bo Sun, Xiao-Shan Jing, Jian-Lin Shan, Li Bao, De-Cheng Wang, Hai Tang

International Journal of Surgery 2022 101
Clinical Outcomes of Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty for Patients With Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Yi-Wen Tsai, Fei-Yuan Hsiao, Yu-Wen Wen, Yu-Hsiang Kao, Li-Chuan Chang, Weng-Foung Huang, Li-Ning Peng, Chien-Liang Liu, Liang-Kung Chen

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2013 14 1
Cement Embolization of a Segmental Artery after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: A Potentially Catastrophic Vascular Complication

C.C. Matouk, T. Krings, K.G. Ter Brugge, R. Smith

Interventional Neuroradiology 2012 18 3
Incidence of Pulmonary Cement Embolism after Real-Time CT Fluoroscopy–guided Vertebroplasty

Julien Potet, Gabrielle Weber-Donat, Emmanuel Curis, François-Xavier Arnaud, Alphonse Thome, Laura Valbousquet, Evelyne Peroux, Yann Geffroy, Caroline Bouzad, Yann Kervella, Marion Lahutte, Elsa Ukkola-Pons, Jacques Baccialone, Christophe A. Teriitehau

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2013 24 12
Interventional radiology in bone metastases

J. Chiras, E. Shotar, E. Cormier, F. Clarençon

European Journal of Cancer Care 2017 26 6
Correlation analysis of the puncture-side bone cement/vertebral body volume ratio and bone cement leakage in the paravertebral vein in vertebroplasty

Tao Gao, Zhi-Yu Chen, Tao Li, Xu Lin, Hai-Gang Hu, De-Chao Yuan, Jun Zeng, Chao Wu

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23 1
Pulmonary cement embolization after vertebroplasty, an uncommon presentation of pulmonary embolism: A case report and literature review

Nishant Sinha, Vivek Padegal, Satish Satyanarayana, HassanKrishnamurthy Santosh

Lung India 2015 32 6
Risk factor analysis of pulmonary cement embolism during percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

Dexin Zou, Shengjie Dong, Wei Du, Bing Sun, Xifa Wu

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2021 16 1
Intra-cardiac Embolism of a Large Bone Cement Material after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Removed through a Combination of an Endovascular Procedure and an Inferior Vena Cava Exploration: a Case Report

Jin-Sung Park, Jaedong Kim, Yonggu Lee, Jun-Gyo Gwon, Ye-Soo Park

Journal of Korean Medical Science 2018 33 19
Pulmonary Calcifications: A Pictorial Review and Approach to Formulating a Differential Diagnosis

Sagar B. Amin, Robbie Slater, Tan-Lucien H. Mohammed

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology 2015 44 3
Cement pulmonary embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty in a patient with cushing's syndrome: A case report

Besharat Rahimi, Behdad Boroofeh, Roshan Dinparastisaleh, Hale Nazifi

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 2018 25
Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Ümran Toru, Tuba Coşkun, Murat Acat, Hilal Onaran, Şule Gül, Erdoğan Çetinkaya

Case Reports in Pulmonology 2014 2014
Risk Factors for Pulmonary Cement Embolism (PCE) After Polymethylmethacrylate Augmentation: Analysis of 32 PCE Cases

Huizhi Guo, Huasheng Huang, Yang Shao, Qiuli Qin, De Liang, Shuncong Zhang, Yongchao Tang

Neurospine 2021 18 4
Symptomatic cardiopulmonary cement embolism following vertebroplasty

Kwabena Oware Adu-Gyamfi, Sandeep Patri

BMJ Case Reports 2019 12 7
Analgesia from percutaneous thermal ablation plus cementoplasty for cancer bone metastases

Yuandong Sun, Hao Zhang, Hui-rong Xu, Jing-zhou Liu, Jia Pan, Hui-zhuan Zhai, Chang-yan Lu, Xia Zhao, Ye-qiang Chen, Lin-lin Zhou, Jinming Yu, Jianjun Han

Journal of Bone Oncology 2019 19
Asymptomatic Bone Cement Pulmonary Embolism after Vertebroplasty: Case Report and Literature Review

Girolamo Geraci, Giorgio Lo Iacono, Chiara Lo Nigro, Fabio Cannizzaro, Massimo Cajozzo, Giuseppe Modica

Case Reports in Surgery 2013 2013
Pulmonary Cement Embolism After Kyphoplasty

Martina Focardi, Aurelio Bonelli, Vilma Pinchi, Federica De Luca, Gian‐Aristide Norelli

Journal of Forensic Sciences 2016 61 S1
Pulmonary cement embolism complicating percutaneous kyphoplasty: A case report

Romain Naud, Julien Guinde, Philippe Astoul

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 2020 31
A rock in a hard place: Cement pulmonary emboli after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Amir Awwad, Ivan Le Jeune, Maruti Kumaran, Michael D Sosin

International Journal of Cardiology 2016 208
Pulmonary Embolism After Vertebroplasty with Use of Hydroxyapatite Blocks

Kotaro Satake, Tokumi Kanemura, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi, Akiyuki Matsumoto

JBJS Case Connector 2013 3 4
Recent advances in Vertebral Augmentation for the treatment of Vertebral body compression fractures

Dylan N. Wolman, Jeremy J. Heit

Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports 2017 5 4
Pulmonary Bone Cement Embolism Following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Yong Han Cha

Journal of Trauma and Injury 2015 28 3
Pulmonary cement embolism following balloon�kyphoplasty: The impact of a procedural complication in a�new era for lung cancer management

Daniela Rodrigues, Daniela Cunha Machado, S�rgio Campainha Fernandes, Ana Paix�o Barroso

Molecular and Clinical Oncology 2018
The Risk of Stroke after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporosis: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Ching-Lan Wu, Jau-Ching Wu, Wen-Cheng Huang, Hung-Ta H. Wu, Hong-Jen Chiou, Laura Liu, Yu-Chun Chen, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Henrich Cheng, Cheng-Yen Chang, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

PLoS ONE 2012 7 1
The significance of the best puncture side bone cement/vertebral volume ratio to prevent paravertebral vein leakage of bone cement during vertebroplasty: a retrospective study

Tao Gao, Zhi-Yu Chen, Tao Li, Xu Lin, Hai-Gang Hu, Xiang-Yu Wang, Jun Zeng, Chao Wu

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24 1
Cardiac Embolization of Polymethylmethacrylate after Thoracolumbar Spinal Arthrodesis

Lucas de Pádua Gomes de Farias, Ivo Richter, Amanda Rennó El Mouallem, Luciana de Pádua Silva Baptista

Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging 2021 3 5
Case report: Open-heart removal for a cement embolism formed 10 years ago in the right ventricle and pulmonary artery

XinPei Liu, PeiShan Chu, Qi Miao

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 2023 10
Radiologie interventionnelle des métastases osseuses

J. Chiras, F. Clarencon, E. Cormier, L. Le Jean

Oncologie 2015 17 3
Cardiac cement embolism and asymptomatic pulmonary embolism caused by percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fracture: a case report

Yang Yang, Qi Fei, Gong Qian Long, Wu Bo, Feng Ye Jun, Zhang Rong, Huang Kui

Frontiers in Surgery 2024 11
Cement-Augmented Pedicle Screw Fixation in Patients with Osteoporosis : Safety, Efficacy and Complications

Tomasz Olbrycht, Kajetan Latka, Waldemar Kolodziej, Tomasz Krzeszowiec, Dariusz Latka

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2025 68 2
Central Nervous System Metastases

Justin Schwarz, Alejandro Santillan, Adham Mushtak, Athos Patsalides

2020
Elderly Woman With Altered Mental Status and Hypoxia

Rebecca A. Martin, David Wharton, Chad Barker, Claudia D. Haivas, Berneet Kaur, Jessica Whittle

Annals of Emergency Medicine 2016 68 6
Evidence-Based Neuroimaging Diagnosis and Treatment

Leili Shahgholi, David F. Kallmes

2013
Pulmonary cement embolism after navigated pedicle screw placement

Derrick Sun, Evalina L. Burger, Michael J. Weyant, Emily M. Lindley, Vikas V. Patel

Current Orthopaedic Practice 2015 26 5
Pulmonary embolism with polymethyl methacrylate (bone cement) after percutaneous vertebroplasty (a review of literature and case reports)

A. I. Sinopal’nikov, I. E. Tyurin, S. N. Shvayko, Zh. V. Sheykh, L. V. Morozova, I. P. Smirnov

Russian Pulmonology 2019 29 3
Surgical extraction of a delayed symptomatic polymethylmethacrylate cement pulmonary embolism: A case report and discussion of surgical therapy

SheridanAlexander Morgan, AndrewM Martin, MichaelS Firstenberg

International Journal of Academic Medicine 2018 4 1
Symptomatic Epidural Cement Leakage after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Hitesh N. Modi, Utsab Shrestha, Nagesh Bhandari, Udit D. Patel

Indian Spine Journal 2021 4 2
The statistical fragility of vertebroplasty outcomes: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Alexander Yu, Kareem S. Mohamed, Mark Kurapatti, Junho Song, Jonathan J. Huang, Prabhjot Singh, Yazan Alasadi, Abhijeet Grewal, Avanish Yendluri, Nikan Namiri, John Corvi, Jun S. Kim, Samuel K. Cho

Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine 2025 16 1
Thorned heart. Description of a near-fatal cardiac embolism after percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Federica Pigna, Simone Calamai, Francesco Scioscioli, Lorenzo Buttarelli, Francesco Nicolini, Gianfranco Cervellin

Emergency Care Journal 2020 16 1
Zementaugmentation bei osteoporotischen Wirbelkompressionsfrakturen

M.J. Lee, J.G. Jarvik

Der Unfallchirurg 2012 115 12

PreviousNext

In this issue

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Vol. 32, Issue 4

1 Apr 2011

Table of Contents
Index by author

Download PDF

Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on American Journal of Neuroradiology.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Your Email *

Your Name *

Send To *

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.

You are going to email the following Asymptomatic and Unrecognized Cement Pulmonary Embolism Commonly Occurs with Vertebroplasty

Message Subject (Your Name) has sent you a message from American Journal of Neuroradiology

Message Body (Your Name) thought you would like to see the American Journal of Neuroradiology web site.

Your Personal Message

CAPTCHA

This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Cite this article

M.T. Luetmer, B.J. Bartholmai, A.E. Rad, D.F. Kallmes

Asymptomatic and Unrecognized Cement Pulmonary Embolism Commonly Occurs with Vertebroplasty

American Journal of Neuroradiology Apr 2011, 32 (4) 654-657; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2368

Citation Manager Formats

BibTeX
Bookends
EasyBib
EndNote (tagged)
EndNote 8 (xml)
Medlars
Mendeley
Papers
RefWorks Tagged
Ref Manager
RIS
Zotero

0 Responses

Respond to this article

Bookmark this article

User Name *

Password *

Remember my user name & password.

Asymptomatic and Unrecognized Cement Pulmonary Embolism Commonly Occurs with Vertebroplasty

M.T. Luetmer, B.J. Bartholmai, A.E. Rad, D.F. Kallmes

American Journal of Neuroradiology Apr 2011, 32 (4) 654-657; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2368

Share This Article:

Tweet Widget
Facebook Like
Google Plus One

Purchase

Jump to section

Article
Figures & Data
Info & Metrics
Responses
References
PDF

No related articles found.

PubMed
Google Scholar

Cited By...

Symptomatic cardiopulmonary cement embolism following vertebroplasty
Pulmonary Embolism After Vertebroplasty with Use of Hydroxyapatite Blocks: A Case Report
Right Ventricular Perforation and Pulmonary Embolism With Polymethylmethacrylate Cement After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty

Crossref (50)
Google Scholar

This article has been cited by the following articles in journals that are participating in Crossref Cited-by Linking.

Complications of percutaneous vertebroplasty

Agnieszka Saracen, Zbigniew Kotwica

Medicine 2016 95 24
Intracardiac cement embolism during percutaneous vertebroplasty: incidence, risk factors and clinical management

Sarah Fadili Hassani, Evelyne Cormier, Eimad Shotar, Mehdi Drir, Jean-Philippe Spano, Laetitia Morardet, Jean-Philippe Collet, Jacques Chiras, Frédéric Clarençon

European Radiology 2019 29 2
CT fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous vertebroplasty in spinal malignancy: technical results, PMMA leakages, and complications in 202 patients

Christoph G. Trumm, Anne Pahl, Thomas K. Helmberger, Tobias F. Jakobs, Christoph J. Zech, Robert Stahl, Philipp M. Paprottka, Torleif A. Sandner, Maximilian F. Reiser, Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann

Skeletal Radiology 2012 41 11
Prevalence of extravertebral cement leakage after vertebroplasty: procedural documentation versus CT detection

Douglas J Martin, Arash Ehteshami Rad, David F Kallmes

Acta Radiologica 2012 53 5
Risk factors of neurological deficit and pulmonary cement embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Ming-Kai Hsieh, Fu-Cheng Kao, Ping-Yeh Chiu, Lih-Huei Chen, Chia-Wei Yu, Chi-Chien Niu, Po-Liang Lai, Tsung-Ting Tsai

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2019 14 1
Right Ventricular Perforation and Pulmonary Embolism With Polymethylmethacrylate Cement After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty

Igor Gosev, Luigi Nascimben, Pei-Hsiu Huang, Laura Mauri, Michael Steigner, Annette Mizuguchi, Amil M. Shah, Sari F. Aranki

Circulation 2013 127 11
Pulmonary Embolism from Cement Augmentation of the Vertebral Body

Jose Manuel Fernando Ignacio, Katrina Hannah Dizon Ignacio

Asian Spine Journal 2018 12 2
Fatal cardiac perforation and pulmonary embolism of leaked cement after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Stefano D'Errico, Sara Niballi, Diana Bonuccelli

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 2019 63
Cement pulmonary embolism as a complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty in cancer patients

Asem Mansour, Nayef Abdel-Razeq, Hussein Abuali, Mohammad Makoseh, Nouran Shaikh-Salem, Kamelah Abushalha, Samer Salah

Cancer Imaging 2018 18 1
Recommendations from the ICM-VTE: General

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2022 104 Suppl 1

Main menu

User menu

Search

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Asymptomatic and Unrecognized Cement Pulmonary Embolism Commonly Occurs with Vertebroplasty

Article Information

Article Versions

Author Information

Altmetrics

Cited By...

In this issue

Citation Manager Formats

Related Articles

Cited By...

More in this TOC Section

Similar Articles

Indexed Content

Cases

Special Collections

More from AJNR

Multimedia

Resources

About Us

American Society of Neuroradiology