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Fat Embolism as a Rare Complication of Large-volume Liposuction in a Plastic Patient

Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2015
Fat embolism is a dreaded complication in of procedures of multiple disciplines including plastic surgery. As the popularity of liposuction increases, cases of pulmonary embolism after liposuction are increasingly reported. However, documents of cerebral
Xiaoliang Fu, Shang Gao, Zhenyu Hu, Yadong Guo, Jifeng Cai   +4 more
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Surgical Stabilization of Femur Fractures in Post-Traumatic Hypoxemic Patients: When and Why? [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Post-traumatic hypoxemia can deteriorate during operative manipulations. Objectives: In the present study, criteria-based approach was applied to determine optimum conditions for femur surgery.
Mohini, I., Pratap, A., Puri, G. D., Raj, N., Sen, R. K.   +4 more
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Increased prevalence of potential right-to-left shunting in children with sickle cell anaemia and stroke [PDF]

, 2017
'Paradoxical' embolization via intracardiac or intrapulmonary right-to-left shunts (RLS) is an established cause of stroke. Hypercoagulable states and increased right heart pressure, which both occur in sickle cell anaemia (SCA), predispose to ...
Dlamini, N, Dowling, MM, Hynan, LS, Inusa, B, Iyer, R, Johnson, C, Kanter, J, Kirkham, F, Kwiatkowski, JL, Neumayr, L, Osunkwo, I, Owen, W, Panepinto, JA, PFAST Investigators, ., Plumb, PA, Quinn, CT, Ramaciotti, C, Rhodes, M, Sarnaik, S, Strouse, JJ   +19 more
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Stars from the bones—An uncommon presentation of fat embolism syndrome

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Trauma or surgery to the lower limbs can cause fat from the marrow within the leg bones to enter the bloodstream and form an embolus. However, if there is cerebral involvement without any pulmonary or dermatological manifestations at diagnosis, it could ...
Lokesh Koumar Sivanandam, Prakash Gupta, Maliha Rahim, Vivek Sanker, Ashna Pandita, Umang Gupta   +5 more
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Prognostic Outcomes and Risk Factors for Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Venous Tumor Thrombus after Radical Nephrectomy and Thrombectomy: The Prognostic Significance of Venous Tumor Thrombus Level. [PDF]

, 2015
IntroductionTo evaluate the prognostic outcomes and risk factors for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients with venous tumor thrombus in China.Materials and methodsWe reviewed the clinical information of 169 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy and ...
He, Zhisong, Li, Xuesong, Meng, Maxwell, Song, Yi, Tang, Qi, Wang, Jin, Zhang, Qian, Zhou, Liqun   +7 more
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Isolated Cerebral Fat Embolism After Trauma

İstanbul Medical Journal, 2016
Isolated cerebral fat embolism is characterized with a decline in the level of consciousness, seizures, and neurological deficits after long bone fractures. In this report, we present a case of isolated cerebral fat embolism after femur fracture.
Esengül Liman, Ufuk Emre, Hüsniye Aslan, Veysel Erden, Yeşim Karagöz, Yunus Emre Akman   +5 more
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Rare Imaging of Fat Embolism Seen on Computed Tomography in the Common Iliac Vein after Polytrauma [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2018
Fat embolism refers to the presence of fat droplets within the peripheral and lung microcirculation with or without clinical sequelae. However, early diagnosis of fat embolism is very difficult because the embolism usually does not show at the computed ...
Hojun Lee, Jonghwan Moon, Junsik Kwon, John Cook-Jong Lee   +3 more
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The Successful Mechanical Lipectomy Treatment of Cerebral Fat Embolism following Autologous Fat Injection

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2019
Summary:. Autologous fat injection is becoming a more and more widely accepted procedure in plastic surgery nowadays. Concomitantly, there are many complications.
Kena Zhou, MD, Congbo Cai, MD
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Surgical treatment of sporadic vestibular schwannoma in a series of 1006 patients. Trattamento chirurgico degli schwannomi vestibolari: risultati su una serie di 1006 pazienti [PDF]

, 2016
La gestione dello schwannoma vestibolare (SV) sporadico si è gradualmente evoluta negli ultimi decenni. Lo scopo di questo studio è di analizzare l’evoluzione negli esiti chirurgici dell’exeresi di queste lesioni, realizzata da un team neurotologico tra
BERNARDESCHI, DANIELE, DE SETA, DANIELE, Kalamarides, M, Nguyen, Y, Rey, A, RUSSO, FRANCESCA YOSHIE, Sterkers, O, Zhang, Z   +7 more
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Cerebral Fat Microembolism and Its Potential Role in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction After Major Orthopaedic Surgery: Commentary on an article by Anna N. Miller, MD, et al.: "Use of the Reamer/Irrigator/Aspirator Decreases Carotid and Cranial Embolic Events in a Canine Model". [PDF]

, 2016
Total joint replacement is one of the most commonly performed elective orthopaedic surgical procedures, with approximately 700,000 patients undergoing total knee replacement and 330,000 undergoing total hip replacement each year in the United States ...
Allen, Matthew
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