el Hammami S, Smati B, Djilani-Horchani H, Kilani T
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-vasculaire, Hôpital Abderrahmen Mami, Tunisie.
Tunis Med. 2000 Jan;78(1):62-5.
From january 1984 to december 1999 we operate in our institution, 465 patients affected by lung cancer. In the early post-operative period we observe two arterial peripheral embolic events. Treatment consist in surgical embolectomy by Fogarty probe under femoral way. We don't observe post-operative complications or any functional sequelae. For the two patients tumoral character of the embolism was confirmed this work confirm the need of pre-operative precautions to avoid this complication that way be severe when in diagnosed or treated lately.
