Fatal pulmonary fat embolism after posterior spinal fusion surgery

J Orthop Sci. 2006 Mar;11(2):217-20. doi: 10.1007/s00776-005-0992-7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Embolism, Fat / diagnosis*
  • Embolism, Fat / etiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity, Morbid / diagnosis*
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis
  • Osteomyelitis / surgery
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Spinal Diseases / surgery*
  • Spinal Fusion / adverse effects*
  • Spinal Fusion / methods
  • Thoracic Vertebrae
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed