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Case Reports
. 2002 May:(398):153-6.
doi: 10.1097/00003086-200205000-00022.

Fat embolism after uncemented total hip arthroplasty

Constantinos D Apostolou  1 , Constantinos E Skourtas, Stavros D Tsifetakis, Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos
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Case Reports

Fat embolism after uncemented total hip arthroplasty

Constantinos D Apostolou et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2002 May.

Abstract

The authors present a 59-year-old woman who had a severe fat embolism syndrome develop after an uncemented total hip arthroplasty. The fat embolism syndrome was confirmed by clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings. The patient had a favorable outcome most likely related to early supportive therapy, her healthy background, and young age.

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