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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2018

Triple thrombophilic simultaneous mutations in patients after bariatric surgery: is there a role for screening in the Eastern Mediterranean?

Hussein Nassar, Ahmad Zaghal, Ali Taher, Rami Mafouz, Bassem Safadi, Mariam Kanso, Mohamad Khalife, Walid Faraj

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hussein NassarLiver Transplantation and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Department of General Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Ahmad ZaghalLiver Transplantation and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Department of General Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0003-0554-8043
Ali TaherDepartment of Oncology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Rami MafouzDepartment of Pathology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Bassem SafadiDepartment of General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Mariam KansoLiver Transplantation and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Department of General Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Mohamad KhalifeLiver Transplantation and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Department of General Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Walid FarajLiver Transplantation and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Department of General Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
American University of Beirut Medical Center · LB

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Abstract

background and purposeThrombophilia is a hypercoagulable state that predisposes to thrombosis. Several genetic risk factors have been shown to predispose to thromboembolic events. Homozygosity to a thrombophilic mutation certainly predisposes the affected patient to more serious symptoms. MATERIALS AND

methodsHere we present a case of a 56-year-old male patient who underwent sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity, presenting to our institution with abdominal pain. Investigations revealed thrombosis of the splenic, axillary vein as well as the right pulmonary artery. The patient was found to have triple thrombophilic mutations.

resultsTo our knowledge, this is the first reported case of three specific simultaneous thrombophilic mutations in a patient from the Eastern Middle East.

conclusionWe suggest a role for screening for thrombophilic mutations in the Eastern Mediterranean patients undergoing bariatric surgeries for morbid obesity due to the increased risk of thrombosis in this group of patients.

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