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Vena cava balloon occlusion for pulmonary embolism prevention during resection of giant uterus fibroids

We report the case of a single 46-year-old woman presenting with huge uterine fibroids growing for the last 12 years, resulting in a recent common iliac vein thrombosis. Due to the high risk for pulmonary embolism, an occluding balloon was inserted through the right jugular vein before the abdominal...

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Autores principales: Kotsis, Thomas, Christoforou, Panagitsa, Chatziioannou, Achilles, Memos, Nikolaos, Theodoraki, Kassiani, Konstadoulakis, Manousos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9154065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35665394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac234