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Saddle pulmonary embolism as a complication of vasectomy.

Teachey DT

Department of Pediatric Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. teacheyd@email.chop.edu

Vasectomy is a commonly performed urologic procedure associated with few complications. Nevertheless, a 35-year-old healthy man developed a life-threatening saddle pulmonary embolism as a consequence of a deep vein thrombosis, resulting from limited mobilization shortly after an elective vasectomy. This is the first report of a near fatal venous thromboembolic event resulting from vasectomy.

Published 29 February 2008 in Urology, 71(2): 351.e5-6.
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