# A Prospective Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Reaming in Reducing Fat Emboli to the Lungs

> **NCT00327158** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Kentucky** · enrollment: 24 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Diaphyseal Femur Fracture

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Transesophageal transducer
- **PROCEDURE:** echocardiography

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00327158
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Kentucky
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2006-05
- **Primary completion:** 2009-12
- **Final completion:** 2010-01
- **Target enrollment:** 24 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2010-01-28


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00327158

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00327158, "A Prospective Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Reaming in Reducing Fat Emboli to the Lungs". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00327158. Licensed CC0.

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