title: Intracardiac foreign body (bone cement) after percutaneous vertebroplasty.
abstract: Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a relatively easy and minimally invasive procedure used in treating vertebral fractures. However, the procedure has many complications, one of which is bone cement leakage, which happens frequently. Leakage to the paravertebral venous system, in particular, may lead to especially devastating consequences. Here we report a case of a 65-year-old male patient with an intracardiac foreign body (bone cement) that generated a perforation on the right ventricle, and result in hemopericardium after percutaneous vertebroplasty. We performed open heart surgery to remove the foreign body.
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Korea. ; Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, Korea.
authors: Jun Ho
authors: JH
authors: Yang
authors: Jong Woo
authors: JW
authors: Kim
authors: Hyun Oh
authors: HO
authors: Park
authors: Jun Young
authors: JY
authors: Choi
authors: In Seok
authors: IS
authors: Jang
authors: Chung Eun
authors: CE
authors: Lee
keywords: Bone cements; Foreign body; Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Pericardial effusion