Surgery in patients with circulating lupus anticoagulant
Shaulian, E.; Shoenfeld, Y.; Berliner, S.; Shaklai, M.; Pinkhas, J.
International Surgery 66(2): 157-159
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-8868 PMID: 6792105 Document Number: 177017
Twelve surgical procedures were performed in eight patients with circulating lupus anticoagulant. Bleeding complications were noted intra and postoperatively in three patients, either with an associated hypoprothrombinemia and/or thrombocytopenia. Five patients in whom only circulating lupus anticoagulant was found had an uneventful intra and postoperative course. It is concluded that the presence of lupus anticoagulant, when unassociated with other hemostatic defects, is not a contraindication for surgery.