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NEUROSURGICAL ANESTHESIA

A Lethal Pulmonary Embolism During Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Ching-Tang Wu, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, #325 Chenggung Rd, Sect. 2, Nei-Hu, 114 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Address e-mail to wuchingtang{at}yam.com.tw

IMPLICATIONS: This case report describes a fatal cardiac arrest during percutaneous vertebroplasty. This serves to remind us that life threatening intraoperative pulmonary embolism may occur in this minimal invasive procedure. Surgical precautions and invasive cardiovascular monitoring may be required in high-risk patients.

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