An autopsy case of intraoperative death due to pulmonary fat embolism-possibly caused by release of tourniquet after multiple muscle-release and tenotomy of the bilateral lower limbs

Forensic Science International

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-77

  Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Terazawa, Koichi ^a   Matoba, Kotaro ^a   Yamada, Naoya ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Intraoperative death related to medical treatment; Muscle release and tenotomy; Pulmonary fat embolism; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FAT EMBOLISM; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; JUVENILE; LEG; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EXAMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STAINING; SUDDEN DEATH; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY; TOURNIQUET;

EID: 34547501336     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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