Few studies have assessed whether cases of asymptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) in the early postoperative phase are subsegmental versus more proximal. In this study, we investigated whether asymptomatic PE occurring just after gynecologic surgery was subsegmental, and we examined the background characteristics of patients who experienced PE within 2 months postoperatively. All hospital records were reviewed, yielding a total of 2052 women who had undergone surgeries performed by the gynecologic oncology team between 2003 and 2013 in the National Kyushu Cancer Center. Asymptomatic and symptomatic postoperative PE cases diagnosed by multidetector computed tomography angiography or lung scan were identified; after excluding 2 cases of preoperative PE, there were 15 (0.73

作者：Masao, Okadome；Toshiaki, Saito；Kumi, Shimamoto；Rihoko, Ogahara；Hiromi, Akiyoshi；Minoru, Fujimoto；Kenji, Shinozaki

来源：Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 2016 年 22卷 1期