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Table 1 Intradural cement leakage during vertebroplasty reported in the literature

From: Paraplegia due to intradural cement leakage after vertebroplasty: a case report and literature review

Author and year

Age

Sex

Fracture level

Type of disease

Operation

Time interval between surgery and VP

Lower extremity muscle power at initial

(right/left)

Lower extremity muscle power at last follow-up (right/left)

Neurogenic

bladder or bower

Shapiro et al.

(2003) [10]

64

F

L2

OVCF

Laminectomy with durotomy and

posterolateral fusion of L1-3

12 h

2/5

5/5

Not identified

Teng et al.

(2006) [1]

79

F

L2

OVCF

Laminectomy with

removal of intradural cement

Immediately

Not identified

Could not walk alone

Urinary incontinence,

Constipation

Chen et al.

(2006) [8]

90

F

T12, L1

OVCF

No surgery

No surgery

2/2

2/2

Not identified

Sabuncuoğlu et al.

(2008) [11]

49

M

T12

Pathologic fracture

d/t multiple myeloma

Laminectomy with durotomy

Not identified

1/5

4/5

Not identified

Kulkarni et al.

(2013) [12]

48

F

L1

OVCF

1st op: Laminectomy of T12-L1

2nd op: Corpectomy of L1

3rd op: Durotomy

Not identified

1/2

3/4

Urinary incontinence

Lin et al.

(2015) [4]

64

F

L2

OVCF

Laminectomy with durotomy

Not identified

3/5

4/5

Preserved anal tone

Grelat et al.

(2018) [13]

64

M

L1

Pathologic fracture d/t malignant tumor

Laminectomy with durotomy and

posterior short fixation

Not identified

2/5

Minimal improvement

Decreased anal tone

  1. d/t = due to, F = female, M = male, op = operation, OVCF = osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture, VP = vertebroplasty