Acute Pulmonary Embolism Following Baker’s Cyst Excision – A Life Threatening Complication: A Case Report

A 55-year-old women was diagnosed with Baker’s cyst and underwent open Baker’s cyst excision. She had developed acute pulmonary embolism in the post-operative period. Our case report is to emphasise the sub-clinical concomitant deep vein thrombosis with Baker’s cyst. Such a fatal complication has no...

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Main Author: Senthil V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2023-07-01
Series:Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
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Online Access:https://morthoj.org/2023/v17n2/pulmonary-baker-cyst.pdf