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ArticleCureus2026

Paradoxical Fat Embolism Syndrome During Total Hip Arthroplasty Without a Patent Foramen Ovale: A Case Report With Transesophageal Echocardiographic Findings.

Tokimitsu Hibino, Yusuke Okui, Takuya Fujimoto, Yoshie Toba

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tokimitsu HibinoDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, JPN.
Yusuke OkuiDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, JPN.
Takuya FujimotoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, JPN.
Yoshie TobaDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, JPN.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a severe orthopedic complication leading to respiratory failure and neurological impairment. While bone marrow or fat entry into venous circulation is common during total hip arthroplasty (THA), cardiac arrest rarely results. An 82-year-old woman developed pulseless electrical activity (PEA) during elective THA. During femoral reaming, a sudden decline in peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO

Indexed as

cementless total hip arthroplastyfat embolism syndrome (fes)paradoxical brain embolismpoint-of-care ultrasonographypulseless electric activitytransesophageal echocardiography (tee)

Identifiers

PMID41853436
PMCPMC12992149

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