Successful management of massive intraoperative pulmonary fat embolism with percutaneous cardiopulmonary support

We report a patient who sustained catastrophic pulmonary fat embolism, during open reduction, internal fixation (ORIF) of fracture femur' In our opinion, the use of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support with (PCPS), saved the patient from certain death.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sarkar, Suman, Mandal, Krutisundar, Bhattacharya, Prithwis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19742250
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.43684

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19742250
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.43684

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