Biomaterial Database

Paradoxical embolism. 1992

C M Butler, and G H Rob, and R S Taylor

Department of Surgery, Epsom District Hospital, Surrey, U.K.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007866	Leg	The inferior part of the lower extremity between the KNEE and the ANKLE.	Legs
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010690	Phlebography	Radiographic visualization or recording of a vein after the injection of contrast medium.	Venography,Phlebographies,Venographies
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D001863	Bone Screws	Specialized devices used in ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY to repair bone fractures.	Bone Screw,Screw, Bone,Screws, Bone
D001916	Brachial Artery	The continuation of the axillary artery; it branches into the radial and ulnar arteries.	Arteries, Brachial,Artery, Brachial,Brachial Arteries
D004617	Embolism	Blocking of a blood vessel by an embolus which can be a blood clot or other undissolved material in the blood stream.	Embolus,Embolisms
D005260	Female		Females
D005263	Femoral Artery	The main artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery.	Common Femoral Artery,Arteries, Common Femoral,Arteries, Femoral,Artery, Common Femoral,Artery, Femoral,Common Femoral Arteries,Femoral Arteries,Femoral Arteries, Common,Femoral Artery, Common
D005265	Femoral Neck Fractures	Fractures of the short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanters. It excludes intertrochanteric fractures which are HIP FRACTURES.	Femur Neck Fractures,Femoral Neck Fracture,Femur Neck Fracture