Intraoperative considerations in a patient with chondroblastic osteosarcoma and saddle pulmonary embolism undergoing amputation

Abstract

Abstract In patients presenting to the operating room with a saddle pulmonary embolism for noncardiac surgery, it is best to take a multidisciplinary approach and involve the cardiac and vascular surgeons.

Keywords

• chondroblastic osteosarcoma
• extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
• saddle embolus
• transesophageal echo