Pulmonary Effects of Fixation of a Fracture with a Plate Compared with Intramedullary Nailing. A Canine Model of Fat Embolism and Fracture Fixation*
- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 79 (7) , 984-96
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199707000-00004
Abstract
Fat-embolism syndrome and pulmonary dysfunction may develop in multiply injured patients who have a fracture of a long bone. Although early fixation of a fracture is beneficial, intramedullary nailing may exacerbate pulmonary dysfunction by causing additional embolization of marrow fat.We exKeywords
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