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A digest of articles written 1999 and later, on the topic "Hypertension," originating from Planet Earth —» Scroop R.  Display:  All Citations ·  All Abstracts
1 Retraction Paradoxical cerebral arterial embolization of cement during intraoperative vertebroplasty: case report. free! 2002

Scroop R, Eskridge J, Britz GW. · Department of Neuroradiology, Flinders Medical Center, Flinders Drive, Bedford Park, SA, Australia. · AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. · Pubmed #12006295 links to  free full text

Abstract: Paradoxical cerebral embolism of cement occurred in a 78-year-old woman after cement-assisted transpedicular spinal fixation surgery. Multiple pulmonary emboli of polymethylmethacrylate precipitated pulmonary hypertension and right-to-left shunting into the systemic circulation through a patent foramen ovale. This rare complication occurred because of failure to recognize venous migration of cement during the procedure and the injection of multiple levels in one setting. Although this was an open procedure, the technical aspects were the same as for vertebroplasty and the precautions should be applied to percutaneous vertebroplasty.