Acute Pancreatitis Complicated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Following Lumbar Spinal Kyphoplasty, Instrumentation and Bone Cement Injection

A 69 years old female patient stopped walking for two months after fall. She had severe back and legs pain with right leg weakness.MRI lumbar spine revealed L3 burst fracture with severe spinal canal stenosis. She was operated by spinal jack kyphoplasty, bone cement injection, laminectomy and pedicular screw fixation. Second postoperative day she developed acute pancreatitis that was complicated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Acute pancreatitis following lumbar kyphoplasty complicated with ARDS is not reported yet. Details of the case and management are discussed, and the literature is reviewed.