How long after surgery is someone at risk for pulmonary embolism?
The chairman was diagnosed with lung cancer as well as had operation about 4 months ago to mislay a territory of a single of a lungs. Now a studious has a red blood clot in a lungs. Is it a operation or may be something else which caused it?
Pulmonary embolism unfortunately can come about because of the cancer, not because of the surgery.
My son had three blood clots that originate from his abdominal cavity and traveled to his lungs . .all effects from his sarcoma and four months before he had surgery.
The patient should be on a blood thinner to control the clotting and this should be noted on their chart.
The risk of an embolism is proportional to the length of time it takes the tissues to heal, and the amount of vascular damage. The time frames for different tissues to heal are roughly 2 weeks for surgical incisions in soft, non-vascular tissues, 4-6 weeks with vascular surgery or internal organs, and 6-10 weeks for breaks or surgical cuts into bone marrow.
An exception to these time frames is when there are permanent surgical scars or deformations to vascular tissues after surgery. Any type of roughness or irregularity in the lining of an artery or vein can cause clots to develop at that spot. So, its possible that the embolism was caused by the surgery since removing a portion of the lung would leave permanent irregularities in the blood vessels. There isn’t anything that the doctors can do to avoid these irregularities, but a patient can be put on blood thinners to reduce clotting risks.
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Panda
August 14th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Pulmonary embolism unfortunately can come about because of the cancer, not because of the surgery.
My son had three blood clots that originate from his abdominal cavity and traveled to his lungs . .all effects from his sarcoma and four months before he had surgery.
The patient should be on a blood thinner to control the clotting and this should be noted on their chart.
eastwoodelvis
August 14th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Nasty. I would say the surgery caused it..
formerly_bob
August 14th, 2009 at 11:07 am
The risk of an embolism is proportional to the length of time it takes the tissues to heal, and the amount of vascular damage. The time frames for different tissues to heal are roughly 2 weeks for surgical incisions in soft, non-vascular tissues, 4-6 weeks with vascular surgery or internal organs, and 6-10 weeks for breaks or surgical cuts into bone marrow.
An exception to these time frames is when there are permanent surgical scars or deformations to vascular tissues after surgery. Any type of roughness or irregularity in the lining of an artery or vein can cause clots to develop at that spot. So, its possible that the embolism was caused by the surgery since removing a portion of the lung would leave permanent irregularities in the blood vessels. There isn’t anything that the doctors can do to avoid these irregularities, but a patient can be put on blood thinners to reduce clotting risks.
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