Cerebral Fat Embolism Syndrome After Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Case Series.

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-414

  Lee, Su Chan ^a   Yoon, Ji Yeol ^a   Nam, Chang Hyun ^a   Kim, Taek Keun ^b   Jung, Kwang Am ^a   Lee, Dong Won ^a  

^a Himchan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Webb School of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral fat embolism syndrome; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBRAL FAT EMBOLISM SYNDROME; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PETECHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EMBOLISM, FAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857113120     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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