| Abstract | Cerebral embolism in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty has an incidence rate of 0.5%. In those cases where cerebral emboli were confirmed, a venous-to-arterial circulation shunt, most commonly a patent foramen ovale, was identified. We report a case of severe cerebral fat emboli during cementless total hip arthroplasty in the absence of an intracardiac defect. |
| Authors | Jennifer Tucker Ammon, Cyna Khalily, D Kevin Lester
(Affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.)
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| Journal | The Journal of arthroplasty
(J Arthroplasty)
Vol. 22
Issue 3
Pg. 477-9
(Apr 2007)
ISSN: 0883-5403 United States |
| PMID | 17400108
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Adult
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
(adverse effects)
- Fatal Outcome
- Femoral Neck Fractures
(surgery)
- Humans
- Intracranial Embolism
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Reoperation
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