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British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 76, Issue 2 330-331, Copyright © 1996 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

CASE REPORTS

Pulsed saline lavage causing venous air embolism in a patient with Paget's disease

C. A. Sides
Department of Anaesthesia, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ

Pulsed saline lavage is used to prepare bony surfaces during joint replacement surgery. A patient is described in whom a venous air embolism occurred as a result of a combination of the increased vascularity of bone seen in Paget's disease and possible air entrainment in the lavage equipment.
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