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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 62-B, Issue 1, 22-24
Copyright © 1980 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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Pulmonary bone embolism after total hip replacement

JM Bras and BE Veraart

Numerous intravascular bony spicules were found at necropsy in both lungs of an 84-year-old patient who had undergone total hip replacements three and 10 months before death. It is suggested that acetabular grindings enter the damaged venous system at operation and are filtered out by the lungs.




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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General