Thoracic Epidural Hematoma Complicating Vertebroplasty.

Cumhur Kaan Yaltırık1, Selçuk Özdoğan2, Başar Atalay1

  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

Summary

Percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic fractures can rarely cause epidural hematoma, leading to neurological deficits. Prompt surgical evacuation of the hematoma offers a good prognosis.