Background Fat embolism (FE), the release of bone marrow contents into the circulation and the subsequent cardiovascular changes, is still a potentially fatal com-plication during orthopedic surgery. Different causative factors have been suggested, but the exact pathomechanism of FE still remains unclear. We investigated the role of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) in FE during vertebroplasty in sheep.
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