Surgical Removal of Circumferentially Leaked Polymethyl Methacrylate in the Epidural Space of the Thoracic Spine after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Background  The major complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) using polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is epidural leakage of PMMA that damages the spinal cord. Methods  This is a case report. Result  A 77-year-old man presented to our institution with a 6-month history of muscle weakness and...

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Published in:Surg J (N Y)
Main Authors: Kita, Kenichiro, Takata, Yoichiro, Higashino, Kosaku, Yamashita, Kazuta, Tezuka, Fumitake, Sakai, Toshinori, Nagamachi, Akihiro, Sairyo, Koichi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers 2017
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553485/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28825011
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1598030
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