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Fatal knee dislocation in a morbidly obese Jehovah's Witness. A case report.

Philipp N Streubel1, Stephen Arndt, Marshal S Armitage, Charles H Wilson, Paul B Gladden.   

Abstract

We describe a case of a morbidly obese Jehovah's Witness who sustained a popliteal artery and vein transection after a spontaneous knee dislocation. Following surgical repair, the patient fatally deteriorated, while blood products had to be withheld according to the patient's preoperative request.

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Year:  2008        PMID： 18841424     DOI： 10.1007/s11695-008-9733-2

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Obes Surg        ISSN： 0960-8923            Impact factor:   4.129


  9 in total

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Authors:  A Robertson; R W Nutton; J F Keating
Journal:  J Bone Joint Surg Br       Date:  2006-06

Review 2.  Jehovah's Witnesses in the emergency department: what are their rights?

Authors:  S Woolley
Journal:  Emerg Med J       Date:  2005-12       Impact factor: 2.740

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Authors:  R T Hagino; J D DeCaprio; R J Valentine; G P Clagett
Journal:  J Vasc Surg       Date:  1998-09       Impact factor: 4.268

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Authors:  Cynthia L Ogden; Margaret D Carroll; Lester R Curtin; Margaret A McDowell; Carolyn J Tabak; Katherine M Flegal
Journal:  JAMA       Date:  2006-04-05       Impact factor: 56.272

6.  Popliteal artery reconstruction secondary to minor trauma in a 19-year-old morbidly obese woman.

Authors:  Mojahid Najem; Amir Kambal; Tahir S Hussain
Journal:  Obes Surg       Date:  2004 Nov-Dec       Impact factor: 4.129

7.  Spontaneous non-traumatic dislocation of the knee.

Authors:  Alistair Pace; Colin Fergusson
Journal:  Acta Orthop Belg       Date:  2004-10       Impact factor: 0.500

8.  Knee dislocation of a morbidly obese patient: a case report.

Authors:  R R Shetty; S B Mostofi; P L Housden
Journal:  J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong)       Date:  2005-04       Impact factor: 1.118

9.  Obesity. A risk factor for knee dislocation.

Authors:  E L Marin; S S Bifulco; A Fast
Journal:  Am J Phys Med Rehabil       Date:  1990-06       Impact factor: 2.159
  9 in total
  1 in total

1.  Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier for Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock Treatment in a Jehovah's Witness.

Authors:  Joseph A Posluszny; Lena M Napolitano
Journal:  Arch Trauma Res       Date:  2016-02-02
  1 in total

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