Journal article
Early intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures: A cause of fat embolism syndrome
The American journal of surgery, v 146(1), pp 107-111
01 Jan 1983
PMID: 6869667
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Abstract
Results of our retrospective review of 100 consecutive patients show that early intramedullary nailing can be accomplished in severely injured patients without increasing the risk of fat embolism syndrome. No cases of fat embolism syndrome were seen after immediate (less than 24 hours) intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures. In contrast, five cases of fat embolism syndrome were found in the patients treated in the traditional manner with initial balanced skeletal traction and delayed intramedullary nailing. There was a trend toward more pulmonary complications in the immediate group. This is attributed to the greater severity of injury present in the patients selected for immediate intramedullary nailing (injury severity scores 23.2 in immediate group; 12.4 in delayed group). The incidence of critical hypoxemia in the immediate group was equivalent to that in another group of injured patients who did not have fractures, but who did have similar injury severity scores.
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- Title
- Early intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures: A cause of fat embolism syndrome
- Creators
- Raymond C. Talucci - Seattle UniversityJames Manning - Seattle UniversitySimon Lampard - Seattle UniversityAlan Bach - Seattle UniversityC.James Carricom - Seattle University
- Publication Details
- The American journal of surgery, v 146(1), pp 107-111
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1983QY54600020
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0020618095
- Other Identifier
- 991021966747804721
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