A Nurse Is Assessing a Patient for Suitability to Undergo

question 78

Multiple Choice

A nurse is assessing a patient for suitability to undergo vertebroplasty, a procedure in which an orthopedic cement is injected into the fracture site of a vertebrae to repair it and relive pain related to vertebral compression.Which of the following conditions would be contraindications for this procedure? Select all that apply.

• A)Osteoporosis
• B)Renal failure
• C)Older age
• D)Hemophilia
• E)Pain that is primarily radicular

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