A lethal pulmonary embolism during percutaneous vertebroplasty
This case report describes a fatal cardiac arrest during percutaneous vertebroplasty. This serves to remind us that life threatening intraoperative pulmonary embolism may occur in this minimal invasive procedure. Surgical precautions and invasive cardiovascular monitoring may be required in high-ris...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Anesthesia and analgesia 2002-10, Vol.95 (4), p.1060-1062 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This case report describes a fatal cardiac arrest during percutaneous vertebroplasty. This serves to remind us that life threatening intraoperative pulmonary embolism may occur in this minimal invasive procedure. Surgical precautions and invasive cardiovascular monitoring may be required in high-risk patients. |
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ISSN: | 0003-2999 1526-7598 |
DOI: | 10.1097/00000539-200210000-00049 |