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WARNING if you are considering kyphoplasty

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amkoffee
amkoffee

Please read this post if you are considered having kyphoplasty to repair a compression fracture in your spine.

I had 2 vertebrae repaired with cement on Tuesday. Then 2 hours after the procedure I was in the emergency room because some of the cement had gone into my artery through my heart and got lodged in my lung causing me to have problems breathing. This is referred to as a pulmonary cement embolism or CPE. Apparently it's very rare to have happen but if it happened to me it can happen to you. And for me anyway, the only treatment I've had and the only truth that is planned are blood thinners for two to three months. Well that and I have to be on oxygen 24/7.

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  • kathleen65757
    kathleen65757 amkoffee

    Posted

    Oh my goodness, how dreadful for you.

    Thanks for the warning!

    Hope you get better soon.

     

  • Anhaga
    Anhaga amkoffee

    Posted

    OMG I'm so sorry.  I hope your (successful) road to recovery is uneventful from now on!

  • alicia26218
    alicia26218 amkoffee

    Posted

    Thanks for sharing and so sorry you enduring this. They should make people aware of such risks. I pray you recover soon.
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