Pulsed saline lavage causing venous air embolism in a patient with Paget's disease.
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Pulsed saline lavage is used to prepare bony surfaces during joint replacement surgery. A patient is described in whom a venous air embolism occurred as a result of a combination of the increased vascularity of bone seen in Paget's disease and possible air entrainment in the lavage equipment.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British journal of anaesthesia
دوره 76 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996