Successful management of massive intraoperative pulmonary fat embolism with percutaneous cardiopulmonary support.
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.
Sarkar
Suman
S
Department of Anesthesiology, IMS Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 105, Uttar Pradesh, India. suman_nm@rediffmail.com
Mandal
Krutisundar
K
Bhattacharya
Prithwis
P