| Delayed Bone Cement Displacement Following Balloon Kyphoplasty. |
| Hee Sun Wang, Hyeun Sung Kim, Chang Il Ju, Seok Won Kim |
1Department of Neurosurgery, Mokpo Hankook Hospital, Mokpo, Korea.
2Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. chosunns@hanmail.net |
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| ABSTRACT |
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We report a rare case of delayed cement displacement after balloon kyphoplasty in patient with Kummell's desease. A 78-year-old woman with Kummell's desease at T12 level received percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty. Two months after surgery, the patient complained of progressive severe back pain. Computed tomographic scans revealed a breakdown of the anterior cortex and anterior displacement of bone cement.
Although this complication is very rare, it is likely to occur in treatment of Kummell's desease accompanying anterior cortical defect. |
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