Email this article Problems of Fat Embolism in Traumatology and Orthopaedics
- Authors: Kassil V.L.1,2, Pletnev I.N.1,2, Arzhakova N.I.1,2, Raybtsev K.L.1,2
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- Blokhin Cancer Research Center
- Priorov Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics
- Issue: Vol 5, No 2 (1998)
- Pages: 66-74
- Section: Reviews
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0869-8678/article/view/104494
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/vto104494
- ID: 104494
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Abstract
Fat embolism (FA) - multiple occlusion of blood vessels by fat droplets - is one of the severe complications of early traumatic illness. According to different authors, it accompanies 60-85% of skeletal injuries with traumatic shock and is the leading cause of death in 1-15% of cases. It is also noteworthy that after so many intramedullary osteosynthesis operations, 0.5% of deaths are caused by this syndrome. During the Great Patriotic War, PE was reported in 10% of all wounded and in 7-10% of the wounded with gunshot fractures of bones. Unfortunately, PE is rarely diagnosed while alive, in only 1-2.2% of cases. The condition is often misdiagnosed as traumatic brain injury, pneumonia, respiratory distress syndrome ('shock lung').
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V. L. Kassil
Blokhin Cancer Research Center; Priorov Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics
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Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow
I. N. Pletnev
Blokhin Cancer Research Center; Priorov Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics
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Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow
N. I. Arzhakova
Blokhin Cancer Research Center; Priorov Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics
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Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow
K. L. Raybtsev
Blokhin Cancer Research Center; Priorov Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics
Email: info@eco-vector.com
Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow
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