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Pulmonary Cement Embolism

Thought this would be a fun one to share here. This occurred during my 3rd open spinal fusion when the surgeon inserted bone cement (PMMA) into my L5 vertebrae to help secure the screws. Weellll, he put a ton in and, in his own words, "It must have been too wet." The cement ended up traveling thru my veins, thru my heart, and lodged into my distal left pulmonary artery and extended into the left lower lobar pulmonary artery. I lived with this for 6 months before I found out. The docs in South Alabama had just never heard or never worked on something like this. Ultimately, I ended up have the cement removed at Yale. Best decision ever to make that travel! So many docs tell me how lucky I was to make it thru that spine surgery without something terrible happening. I do feel blessed!

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