Table 1 Patients’ characteristics
From: Cement pulmonary embolism as a complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty in cancer patients
Age | |
Median (years) | 53 |
Range (years) | 19–83 |
Sex | |
Male | 45 (44.1%) |
Female | 57 (55.9%) |
Smoking history: | |
Smoker | 17 (16.7%) |
Ex-smoker | 18 (17.6%) |
Never smoked | 67 (65.7%) |
Underlying cancer: | |
Multiple Myeloma | 37 (36.3%) |
Breast | 25 (24.5%) |
Lymphoma | 13 (12.7%) |
Lung | 5 (4.9%) |
Sarcoma | 4 (3.9%) |
Prostate | 4 (3.9%) |
Others | 14 (13.7%) |
Timing of vertebral fracture: | |
Initial presentation | 57 (55.9%) |
Disease recurrence | 45 (44.1%) |
Comorbidities: | |
Hypertension | 32 (31.4%) |
Diabetes mellitus | 26 (25.5%) |
Cardiac disease | 19 (18.6%) |
Pulmonary disease | 9 (8.8%) |
Mobility: | |
Ambulatory | 97 (95.1%) |
Wheel-chair bound | 5 (4.9%) |
Underlying etiology and site: | |
No metastasis (Osteoporosis) | 24 (23.5%) |
Vertebral metastasisa: | 78 (76.5%) |
Cervical spines | 61 (78.2%) |
Dorsal spines | 73 (93.6%) |
Lumbar spines | 75 (96.2%) |