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- Pulmonary Embolism Complication after Surgical Treatment of Patella Fracture: A Case Report
- Yong-Beom Kim, M.D., Hyung-Suk Choi, M.D., Dong-Ill Chun, M.D., Jung-Moo Seo, M.D., Byung-Ill Lee, M.D.
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Journal of the Korean Fracture Society 2014;27(2):162-166.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2014.27.2.162
Published online: April 18, 2014
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, Seoul, Korea.
- Address reprint requests to: Hyung-Suk Choi, M.D. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, 59 Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-743, Korea. Tel: 82-2-709-9254, Fax: 82-2-794-9414, knee@schmc.ac.kr
• Received: January 22, 2014 • Revised: February 20, 2014 • Accepted: March 5, 2014
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Abstract
- Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are serious and fatal complications in orthopedic surgery. Most cases of symptomatic pulmonary embolism in knee surgery have been reported after total knee arthroplasty, but rarely after patella fracture. We report on a case of symptomatic pulmonary embolism after surgical treatment of a patella fracture in a 42-year-old female patient.
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Fig. 1A preoperative anteroposterior (A) and lateral (B) 3-dimensional computed tomography images of the knee of a 42-year-old woman, showing a displaced patella fracture.
Fig. 2Postoperative anteroposterior (A) and lateral (B) radiographs after fixation with tension band wire.
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Fig. 1
A preoperative anteroposterior (A) and lateral (B) 3-dimensional computed tomography images of the knee of a 42-year-old woman, showing a displaced patella fracture.
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Postoperative anteroposterior (A) and lateral (B) radiographs after fixation with tension band wire.
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Lower extremity computed tomography venogram showing a thrombus (poorly defined intraluminal low density) in the proximal left femoral vein (arrow).
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Chest computed tomography venogram showing an intraluminal low density filing defect in the bilateral pulmonary arteries (arrows).
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Pulmonary Embolism Complication after Surgical Treatment of Patella Fracture: A Case Report
