Key result
Dermatologic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma highlights critical risk of postoperative pulmonary embolism.
Why the study?
Pulmonary embolism is a potentially fatal perioperative complication that requires careful attention even in skin cancer surgery.
Highlights the importance of being vigilant for pulmonary embolism as a potentially fatal perioperative complication even in dermatological surgeries.
May warrant PE vigilance after dermatologic SCC surgery; case report leaves open prophylaxis trials.
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Numata et al. (2016) studied this question. Dermatologic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma was complicated by bilateral pulmonary embolism on postoperative day 20, highlighting this as a critical risk even in skin surgeries.
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