A rare cause of perioperative stroke

Perioperative stroke can occur following 0.2–0.3% of general surgical and orthopedic procedures. We are reporting a patient who developed multiple strokes in the immediate postoperative period following total knee replacement, where etiological workup revealed multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistul...

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Autores principales: Sreedharan, Sapna Erat, Gayatri, P., Sylaja, P. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23661976
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.107716
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description Perioperative stroke can occur following 0.2–0.3% of general surgical and orthopedic procedures. We are reporting a patient who developed multiple strokes in the immediate postoperative period following total knee replacement, where etiological workup revealed multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae (PAVF). The significance of PAVF with paradoxical embolism in perioperative settings has rarely been reported in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-36447672013-05-09 A rare cause of perioperative stroke Sreedharan, Sapna Erat Gayatri, P. Sylaja, P. N. Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report Perioperative stroke can occur following 0.2–0.3% of general surgical and orthopedic procedures. We are reporting a patient who developed multiple strokes in the immediate postoperative period following total knee replacement, where etiological workup revealed multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae (PAVF). The significance of PAVF with paradoxical embolism in perioperative settings has rarely been reported in the literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3644767/ /pubmed/23661976 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.107716 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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