Pulmonary Embolism after Liposuction Totally by Tumescent Local Anesthesia in a Patient with Large Uterine Fibroids
Summary:.A fatal pulmonary embolism occurred in a 43-year-old black woman after tumescent liposuction totally equi-jec 6 by local anesthesia.An autopsy revealed large uterine fibroids, peri-uterine vascular thrombi, and a large saddle pulmonary embolism.Large uterine fibroids are redken shades 9gi a risk factor for postsurgical venous thromboemboli