title: Complications related to cement leakage in sacroplasty.
abstract: Data concerning the safety of sacroplasty in terms of cement leakage is scarce. Frequency, distribution patterns and clinical consequences of cement leakage were assessed in 33 patients (28 female, mean age: 74 +/- 10 yrs; bilateral SIF: n = 30, 63 sacroplasties) treated with sacroplasty between 06/2003 and 11/2010 in a retrospective study using patients' records, operative notes and postoperative radiographs. Cement leakage was noted within the fracture gap (27%), into veins (6%), neuroforamina (3%) or in the intervertebral disc space L5/S1 (2%). In one patient, cement leakage into the fracture gap led to unilateral radiculopathy of the 5th lumbar nerve root. Leakage into the fracture gap is at high risk of affecting the 5th lumbar nerve root due to the special course of its ventral branch over the sacral promontory. The risks of cement leakage with neurological impairment should be explained to patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse 3, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. johannes.bastian@insel.ch
authors.forename: Johannes Dominik
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bastian
authors.forename: Marius Johann Baptist
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Keel
authors.forename: Paul Ferdinand
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Heini
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.forename: Lorin Michael
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Benneker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001843:Bone Cements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D008875:Middle Aged; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012447:Sacrum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; C506662:vertebroplastic