A race against time: The unforeseen embolic event

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening event that may occur even in individuals with negligible or absent risk  factors [1]. PE is typically linked with surgeries of long duration, prolonged immobilization, obesity, patient with h/o malignancy and on treatment for malignancy,  thrombophilic disorders . There are reports of pulmonary embolism occurring  in individuals with low-risk , suddenly in the preop and post op period with dramatic symptoms. This report describes two postoperative cases of PE linked to unusual factors which require extensive research.