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Fatal pulmonary fat embolism after posterior spinal fusion surgery

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan

    Yoshimasa Takahashi, Ken’ichiro Narusawa, Kenji Shimizu, Masakazu Takata & Toshitaka Nakamura

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Takahashi, Y., Narusawa, K., Shimizu, K. et al. Fatal pulmonary fat embolism after posterior spinal fusion surgery. J Orthop Sci 11, 217–220 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-005-0992-7

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