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01-04-2007 | PICTORIAL ESSAY
Complications in Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Associated with Puncture or Cement Leakage
Authors:
Clemens Baumann, Heiko Fuchs, Jürgen Kiwit, Kerstin Westphalen, Johannes Hierholzer
Published in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Issue 2/2007
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Abstract
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.