Clinical analysis of 45 cases with pulmonary thromboembolism after surgical procedures / 中华外科杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze the occurrence of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) after surgical procedures to attract more attention to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of this disease.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Retrospectively analyze the clinical data of the hospitalized patients with post-surgical PTE from June 2004 to February 2009. The average age of the 45 cases was (60 +/- 16) years old, 35 cases received anticoagulant therapy and 6 cases received thrombolytic therapy, the other 4 cases only received emergency medical treatment. Analyze the data about the surgery category, duration, anaesthetic way, risk factors, clinical symptoms, auxiliary examinations, diagnosis, treatment and turnover of these patients.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among the total 45 cases of post-surgical PTE, 37 cases (82.2%) occurred within 2 weeks, it accounted for 13.2% (45/341) of the hospitalized PTE patients during that period. PTE was often seen in patients after major surgical operation such as general (35.6%), gynecological (13.3%), orthopedic (13.3%) and chest surgery, especially the surgery related to malignant tumor (57.8%). The average surgical duration was (220 +/- 124) min, 37 cases (82.2%) was given general anaesthesia. The clinical manifestations and auxiliary examinations results of post-surgical PTE were not typical. Thirty-six cases improved after treatment, 9 cases died and the case fatality ratio was 20.0% (9/45).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Surgical procedure is an important risk factor of PTE. The prevention diagnosis and treatment of post-surgical PTE should be paid more attention to.</p>