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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, June 15Doctors at a private hospital have performed a rare surgery to treat Cerebral Fat Embolism to save the life of a 22-year-old man. Doctors said the patient, Shamsher Singh, got his leg fractured after a bike accident. “A more dreadful complication, called Cerebral Fat Embolism in which prognosis is very bad, occurred in Shamsher Singh’s case. Malthotra said that the patient could be saved with the joint efforts of neurologist, neuro surgeon, orthopaedics, cardiologist and intensivist. He said they have seen many cases of Cerebral Fat Embolism in last two decades but many could not be saved..