Key result
A patient with metastatic prostate cancer developed severe intraoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation during spinal decompression, which was successfully managed with aggressive blood product transfusion.
Population
62-year-old man with known metastatic carcinoma of prostate, presenting with rapidly progressing paraplegia…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Raises intraoperative DIC awareness in metastatic prostate cancer surgery; hypothesis-generating and leaves open need for systematic study.
Case Report (n=1)
No
This case highlights the risk of intraoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation during surgery in patients with metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma.
Rafiq et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Metastatic carcinoma of the prostate with intraoperative DIC (n=1). Emergent posterior thoracolumbar decompression and blood product resuscitation was evaluated on Resolution of intraoperative DIC. A patient with metastatic prostate cancer developed severe intraoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation during spinal decompression, which was successfully managed with aggressive blood product transfusion.
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