Patent foramen ovale closure before orthopedic trauma surgery to reduce risk of recurrent systemic fat embolism

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-469

  Leeson, Paul ^a   Al Mousawi, Ahmed ^a   Timperley, Jonathan ^a   Mitchell, Andrew R ^a   Willett, Keith ^a   Wilson, Neil ^a   Ormerod, Oliver J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PETECHIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; BALLOON OCCLUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FRACTURE FIXATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INJURY; PATELLA; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ADULT; BALLOON OCCLUSION; EMBOLISM, FAT; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLA; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 67649210352     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000197433.42112.55     Document Type: Article

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