Systemic thrombolysis for acute massive pulmonary embolism in the immediate postoperative period after bariatric surgery

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2009 Mar-Apr;5(2):271-4. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.11.010. Epub 2008 Nov 27.

Authors

Rudolf A Weiner¹, Markos Daskalakis, Sophia Theodoridou, Sven Fassbender, Karin Parutsch

Affiliation

¹ Center for Minimal-Invasive Surgery, Department of General and Bariatric Surgery, Krankenhaus Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

PMID: 19250880
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.11.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Embolectomy / methods*
Fatal Outcome
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
Gastric Bypass / adverse effects*
Gastric Bypass / methods
Humans
Laparoscopy
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
Postoperative Complications
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
Pulmonary Embolism / therapy*
Thrombolytic Therapy / methods*
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents