Fatal fat embolism associated with polymethyl methacrylate bone cement
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Published on: March 11, 2017
International Surgery
|January 1, 1976
Abstract:
Three fatalities after procedures involving the use of polymethyl methacrylate cement are reported. Autopsy studies showed varying degrees of pulmonary fat embolism although lack of correction of operative blood loss was the major factor.

