The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 288-292, April 2001

Systemic fat and thrombus embolization in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty with regional heparinization☆☆☆

Presented in part at The Canadian Orthopaedic Association, Annual Meeting, June 1998, Ottawa; the 9th Annual Scientific Sessions, American Society of Echocardiography, June 1998, San Francisco; and The Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Annual Meeting, June 1998, Toronto.

From the Divisions of *Orthopaedic Surgery, †Cardiology, and Departments of ‡Anesthesiology, and §Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus; and the ∥University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Received 31 March 2000; accepted 8 November 2000.

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☆ Funds were received from Johnson & Johnson Inc. and Hip Hip Hooray (Canadian Orthopaedic Association Foundation) in partial support of the research material described in this article.

☆☆ Reprint requests: A. Alan Giachino, MD, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, 501 Smyth Road, Suite 5004, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6. E-mail: agiachino@ottawahospital.on.ca.

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doi:10.1054/arth.2001.21457

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 288-292, April 2001

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