Title: Successful management of massive intraoperative pulmonary fat embolism with percutaneous cardiopulmonary support
Loading...
Date
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Abstract
We report a patient who sustained catastrophic pulmonary fat embolism, during open reduction, internal fixation (ORIF) of fracture femur' In our opinion, the use of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support with (PCPS), saved the patient from certain death.