title: Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty.
abstract: Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimal invasive procedure that is applied for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. During vertebroplasty, the leakage of bone cement outside the vertebral body leads to pulmonary cement embolism, which is a serious complication of this procedure. Here we report a 48-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital with dyspnea after percutaneous vertebroplasty and diagnosed as pulmonary cement embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupınar University, 43100 Kütahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümran
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9988-8983
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Toru
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, İstanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, 34381 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Karabük University, 78100 Karabük, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acat
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Merzifon Karamustafa Paşa State Hospital, 05300 Amasya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hilal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Onaran
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 34020 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şule
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Gül
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 34020 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdoğan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Çetinkaya