Igarashi M, Kita A, Nishikawa K, Nakayama M, Tsunoda K, Namiki A
Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1, West-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan.
Br J Anaesth. 2006 Feb;96(2):213-5. doi: 10.1093/bja/aei304. Epub 2005 Dec 23.
We report a patient who sustained massive catastrophic pulmonary fat embolism while undergoing surgery for intramedullary nail of femur. Application of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support, in our view, saved the patient from cardiopulmonary collapse.