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Air embolism in hip surgery
Author(s) -
MICHEL ROSALIND
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb03943.x
Subject(s) - medicine , auscultation , air embolism , prosthesis , surgery , bone cement , embolism , hip surgery , radiology , complication , arthroplasty , cement , history , archaeology
Summary The hearts of 49 patients undergoing hip‐replacement surgery were auscultated and the characteristic sounds of air emboli were heard in 15 of them—30% of the total. This finding was confirmed in the later patients by the use of an ultrasonic transducer to detect air emboli. Routine auscultation of the heart during the insertion of acrylic bone cement and prosthesis is recommended.