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Cerebral Fat Microembolism and Its Potential Role in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction After Major Orthopaedic Surgery: Commentary on an article by Anna N. Miller, MD, et al.: "Use of the Reamer/Irrigator/Aspirator Decreases Carotid and Cranial Embolic Events in a Canine Model".


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Abstract

Total joint replacement is one of the most commonly performed elective orthopaedic surgical procedures, with approximately 700,000 patients undergoing total knee replacement and 330,000 undergoing total hip replacement each year in the United States. Clinical results for contemporary implants and current-generation surgical techniques are both excellent and enduring, with >90% of implants expected to survive at least 10 years post-operatively for both total hip replacement and total knee replacement 2,3. In light of such outstanding clinical outcomes, it is easy to see how total hip and total knee replacement have come to be regarded as routine procedures, and yet as surgeons, we know that they still represent major surgical interventions with the potential for substantial morbidity or mortality.

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Animals, Bone Transplantation, Cognition, Dogs, Humans, Orthopedics, Therapeutic Irrigation, Tissue and Organ Harvesting

Journal Title

J Bone Joint Surg Am

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0021-9355
1535-1386

Volume Title

98

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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)