When can abdominal surgery be safely performed for presumptive ovarian cancer in a patient with recent pulmonary emboli?

Topics: Gynecologic Cancers • Hematology • Benign Hematology • Hemostasis/Thrombosis • Pulmonology • Anticoagulation • Gynecologic Oncology

(Normal oxygenation and echo)

Answer from: at Academic Institution

In general, the standard approach is to try to wait as long as possible after the thrombotic event, at the very least three months. This may not be possible, we then reduce that time interval to one month. Given the urgent nature of the surgical intervention, one approach is to wait one month and co...

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