title: Successful management of massive intraoperative pulmonary fat embolism with percutaneous cardiopulmonary support.
abstract: We report a patient who sustained catastrophic pulmonary fat embolism, during open reduction, internal fixation (ORIF) of fracture femur. In our opinion, the use of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support with (PCPS), saved the patient from certain death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, IMS Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 105, Uttar Pradesh, India. suman_nm@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Krutisundar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Prithwis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya