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Complications in Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Associated with Puncture or Cement Leakage

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Due to the minimally invasive character and excellent clinical outcome of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP), the procedure is being performed in greatly increasing numbers. While PVP has a low complication rate in general, severe complications can occur. We focus on the imaging appearance of complications of PVP associated with puncture or cement leakage—from harmless to life-threatening.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Charlottenstrasse 72, 14467, Potsdam, Germany

    Clemens Baumann, Heiko Fuchs, Kerstin Westphalen & Johannes Hierholzer

  2. Department of Neurological Surgery, HELIOS-Klinikum Berlin, Hobrechtsfelder Chaussee 96, 13125, Berlin, Germany

    Jürgen Kiwit

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Baumann, C., Fuchs, H., Kiwit, J. et al. Complications in Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Associated with Puncture or Cement Leakage. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 30, 161–168 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-006-0133-5

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