Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Pulmonary Cement Embolism: Results from VERTOS II

Abstract

Small and clinically silent PCE occurred in a quarter of patients treated with PV. Cement leakage into the azygos vein was the only risk factor. With time, these small cement emboli remained inert, without inflammatory pulmonary response. Standard postprocedural CT or chest radiographs are not necessary.