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Isolated Cerebral Fat Embolism Syndrome in a Polytrauma Patient with Complete Recovery – A Case Report

open access: yesJournal of Orthopaedic Case Reports, 2022
Introduction: Isolated cerebral fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare complication that occurs within the first 3 days of the initial insult. We report a case of multiple long bone fractures with isolated cerebral FES, despite undergoing early total care
T. Ajayakumar   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dyspnea after endomedullary nailing: Fat embolism

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2022
Fat embolism is a well‐known and life‐threatening condition that can develop after long bone fractures and lower limb orthopedic surgery. It presents in a wide range of respiratory, hematological, neurological, and cutaneous symptoms and signs of varying
Sebastiaan Martens   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An autopsy study of a familial oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) with distal spread and neurogenic involvement [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
An 81-year-old man from a family with a history of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) involving 6 members over 4 generations is described. The patient first noted drooping of his eyelids at the age of 65.
Aarli   +49 more
core   +1 more source

Fat Embolism, Fat Embolism Syndrome and the Autopsy [PDF]

open access: yesAcademic Forensic Pathology, 2019
Fat embolism is common following trauma and is a common autopsy finding in these cases. It may also be seen in non-traumatic cases and is seen in children as well as adults. In comparison fat embolism syndrome (FES) only occurs in a small number of trauma and non-trauma cases.
Christopher M, Milroy   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Correlation between the time elapsed after liposuction and the risk of fat embolism: An animal model

open access: yesArchives of Plastic Surgery, 2018
Background Liposuction has become one of the most frequently performed procedures in the field of aesthetic surgery. Fat embolism syndrome after liposuction can easily be overlooked or underestimated; however, occasionally, fulminating fat ...
Kwang-Ryeol Lim   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical site infection and transfusion rates are higher in underweight total knee arthroplasty patients. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: Underweight (UW) patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty have exhibited higher complication rates, including infection and transfusion. No study to our knowledge has evaluated UW total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients.
Chen, MD, MBA, Antonia F.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Fat Embolism Syndrome Without Bone Fracture: Is It Possible?

open access: yesOpen Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
BACKGROUND: Fat embolism syndrome is a life challenge syndrome. Early diagnosing and treatment can significantly improve the patient’s prognosis and likelihood of success.
Mustafa Bajraktari   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

open access: yesJournal 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cerebral fat embolism syndrome in a patient with homozygous sickle cell disease in the setting of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

open access: yesProceedings, 2022
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare progressive inflammatory process temporally associated with exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in patients 20 years of age and younger.
Kirstin Sepulveda   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biomaterial design strategies for enhancing mitochondrial transplantation therapy

open access: yesBMEMat, EarlyView.
Biomaterials to facilitate mitochondrial transplantation therapy: biomaterials as barriers to protect mitochondria from pathophysiological microenvironments, like osmotic stress caused by the excessive concentration of calcium ion, reactive oxygen species, and advanced glycation end products; biomaterials integrating with biochemical cues to improve ...
Shaoyang Kang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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