Reamed intramedullary nailing of long bone fractures causes significant intraoperative coagulative and embolic responses that independently predict postoperative respiratory complications.
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May support risk stratification via intraoperative scores after reamed nailing; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions in prospective studies.
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